8.11. 1923 Beer Putsch

In 1923, NSDAP supporters organised a local political coup in Munich, which became known as the Beer Putsch. But the Bavarian authorities prevented them. Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for treason.

The right wing in Germany grew stronger and stronger. In 1923, the NSDAP political party emerged in Bavaria, led by former corporal and rebel Adolf Hitler. It was called the Nazi Party for short. Its supporters staged a local political coup in Munich in 1923, which became known as the Beer Putsch or Munich Putsch. The "putsch" itself was very dramatic.

On 8. On 8 November 1923, the Bavarian Prime Minister held a meeting in a beer hall and some of the participants, who ...who had already made arrangements with the former war general Erich Ludendorff, took command of it. Hitler and Ludendorff jointly declared that the Weimar government was deposed and that they planned to take control of Munich the following day with the help of three thousand armed men.

"But the Bavarian authorities prevented them from doing so. Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years' imprisonment for treason. But he served less than eight months. He lived quite comfortably and was released shortly before Christmas 1924. While in prison, he dictated the book Mein Kampf, which he saw as the basis for his future plans and government policy," writes Christian Jennings in The Third Reich Listens.

And when Hitler realized that the armed uprising he had organized was premature, he decided to fight for power by legal means. In the midst of this political turmoil, as the B-Dienst and the German Cryptologic Bureau grew, the country secretly rearmed itself, using unofficial sources from the Lohmann Project to do so. Submarine prototypes were developed and Lohmann, who saw himself as a dedicated German patriot, also continued to develop aircraft and subsidize companies.

By 1924, the republic was simply beginning to recover from the initial turbulence and enter a period of stability both in domestic politics and internationally. In 1925 the first volume of Mein Kampf was published and became the bible of the NSDAP. It defined the Nazi credo of nationalism, anti-Semitism and anti-communism. The same year also saw the reorganisation of the Nazi Party. Hitler's often brilliant speeches resonated with millions of Germans and Austrians, including many rebellious veterans of the First World War.

A few months later, Joseph Goebbels was appointed to head the Nationalist government in Berlin. While the French and British celebrated a carefree Christmas in December 1924, the social fabric of the Reich was crushed by chaos and hyperinflation. When the citizens ran out of money, a series of uprisings swept the country...

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