1. Finish / Transcribe your paragraph response to the failed Munich Putsch. You started it / completed it during class today. Please keep in mind that next week you will be asked an open-ended question regarding the causes and significance of the Munich Putsch.
I think that the Munich Putsch was not a failure because when Hitler was arrested after his trail, he was no longer just known in Bavaria, but now nation wide in Germany and it was great publicity for the Nazi Party, and Hitler by the end transformed this “failure attempt at takeover” into an accomplishment because people recognized him for his nationalism. Hitler also, got many supporters from the publicity and will start to become more active after his prison sentence with new ideas of turning against the government, with not revolt, but rumors about the opponents that would cause the citizens to turn against the government, especially at the height of the economic crises in Germany. People wanted to blame someone for their suffering, so Hitler (demagogue) will take advantage of this.
The Nazis 25-point Program
2. Based on the 25-point Program, what were the main ideas of the NSDAP when Hitler joined it? (He helped framed these points after joining in 1919, along with Nazi founder Anton Drexler. Hitler would replace Drexler as leader in 1921.) The 25-point Program is at my website. Please keep in mind that on next week's exam you will be asked to discuss the main ideas of the NSDAP.
The first main point that the Nazi party was based on when Hitler joined it was the unification of Germany and Austria because by the Treaty of Versailles Austria and Germany were not allowed to unify and become one state because the country of Germany-Austria would be too powerful, and therefore, Germany would not be as crippled as if was before. Germany needed Austria's resources. Another Nazi ideal was to destroy the Treaty of Versailles and the limits and restrictions that it put on Germany, and this prevented Germany from holding an offensive army and navy, instead of being limited to 100,000 men and therefore being solely for defensive purposes (creating a national army). Germany wanted to regain its strength and take back its land and territories (lebensraum), industrial strength and army in which they were so proud of before the war in order for the nation to expand. Another strong Nazi ideal was anti-semitism, which meant that Jewish people could not be German citizens or a "member of the race" which was Social Darwinism because the Nazis believed that people of true German descent were the better humans and the other foreigners and Jews were "sub-human." Also, in order for Germany to get back to its standards before the war, every able body must work to get their money and therefore inhibit Nationalization of industry, in which Germany needed in order to get back to being the world power that it was and to support the economy. Also, Nazi's believed that education should be taught the "German way," which would be based on the governments opinion of what is German (Nazi ideals). Nazi's would also encourage athleticism and fitness so that Germany may be a power house of able bodied and disciplined beings, and therefore stronger people. Finally, Nazi's outlawed child labor to protect the child and the mother in difficult times in the economy like in the 1920's (economic crisis at its height).
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