Munich Putsch

Munich Putsch

1. 8-9 November 1923

2. Hitler plotted with Kahr and Lossow who were Nationalist politicians

   • On 4 October 1923 Kahr and Lossow backed out

3. On 8 November 1923 Hitler and 600 members of the SA invaded a meeting of Kahr and Lossow at a beer hall in Munich and threatened them with a gun to agree to rebel

   • The SA then took over army headquarters and the local newspaper office
   • The next day-9 November-they marched into Munich to take power
     • But Kahr had already called in police and army reinforcements and they killed 16 Nazis

4. Hitler fled but was arrested 2 days later

5. Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar Government but he was disorganised and so it wasn't not successful