The Beer Hall Pustch— Hitler’s Rise to Power

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Everyone has heard of Adolf Hitler, German military dictator whose blatantly violent actions resulted in the Second World War. But he has often been portrayed as nigh invincible. This, however, is not true as he faced a few hurdles before rising to power. One of the most significant ones is the Beer Hall Pustch.

After Germany’s humiliating defeat in the First World War, the common people were looking for an opportunity to avenge their country. These sentiments were exploited by Hitler, who was the leader of the National Socialist [Nazi] party by 1921. However, he only controlled a very small region, Baavaria, and determined to seize control in larger regions, organized a group known as the Stormtroopers. These renegades disrupted the opposition parties’ meetings. Influenced by Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome in 1922, Hitler declared a national revolution the following year. Stormtroopers carrying arms marched into Munich and entered a beer hall where the state commissioner Gustav von Kahr was giving a speech. Hitler had hoped to force von Kahr to encourage and embrace the revolution; he was bitterly disappointed as the Stormtroopers were quickly beaten back by the efficient national army, and the Beer Hall Pustch[as it became known] was an ignominious failure. Unlike Mussolini, Hitler had failed to secure the army’s support before embarking on the revolution.

Ironically, what turned out to be Hitler’s biggest mistake helped him rise to power. His trial and subsequent imprisonment had made him nationally famous, allowing him to gain power upon his release.

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