The Beginnings of Hilter/ Munich Beer Hall
Mein Kampf
- 1923 Munich/Beer Hall Putsch
- An attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
- Supposed to be like Mussolini's March on Rome
- It fails
- Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison
Mein Kampf
- While in prison Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" (My struggle) with help of Rudolf Hess
- He outlines the future of Nazism in this book including: Lebensraum, Anti-Semitism , Anti-communism
- Need to re-arm and get rid of Versailles
- The rise of the Aryan Race
- The need to get rid of the Paris Peace Treaty
Summary |
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Hitler gathered people in a beer hall which the next day they would march Munich, which failed. He was then arrested and sent to prison where he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle).
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“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!” -Hitler
“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.” -Hitler |
Questions?
If Hitler never went to jail, would he have ever written Mein Kampf outlining Naziism?