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The DAP
Hitler is sent by the Bavarian army to spy on a small right-wing party in Munich called the Germn Workers Party (DAP). It is led by Anton Drexler. The party esposes rejection of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler soon joins the party becoming it's 55th member and it's key speaker. -
The 25 Point Programme
Co-written by Hitler and Drexler, this polittical manifesto set out the aims and beliefs of the newly named NSDAP - Natioal Socialist German Workers Party. Key amongst these ideas were the rejection of the Treay of Versailles. Anschluss with Austria, Lebesraum in the East and the creation of a racially pure Gemany. 25 Point Prog -
Hitler becomes leader
After some internal disputes Hitler is appointed the Fuhrer of the Nazi Party . -
The SA Created
The SA are created formally as the military wing of the Nazi Party. They are used to protect Nazi Party meetings and attack communists. -
Munich Putsch
The Nazi Party's membership soars to 55,000 in respose to Ruhr invasion and Hyperinflation.
Hitler attempts to persuade the leaders of the Bavarian Government Otto von Lossow and Gustav von Kahr, to support a "March on Berlin" by the Nazis. The plan is to oust the Weimar Government and create a right wing government with General Ludendorff at the helm. Hitler was to be the Chief of Police. The plan failed when von Kahr tipped of the Bavarian Police who then fired on the Nazis. -
Hitler's trial begins
Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in prsion for treason but his trial gives him a platform for his ideas and makes him front-page news across Germany. -
Reichstag Election
6.5% of vote
32 seats -
Reichstag Election
3% of vote
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Hitler released from prison
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Nazi Party Re-Founded
Hitler refounds the Nazi Party (it had been banned) in the Burgerbraukeller where he had launched the Munich Putsch. -
SS formed
The SS were origonally Hitler's personal bodygaurd squad. Their name means "Protection Squad". They wore black shirst to distinguish themselves from the SA and they only took orders from Hitler. -
Bamberg Conference
Hitler emerges from this party confernece as the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party having survived a challenge from the northern wing of the party led by Gregor Strasser. The "Fuhrerprincip" is strengthend and internal party dissent is quashed. -
Hitler Youth formed
The Nazi Youth movement in formally established as part of the SA. -
Der Angriff
Goebbels (Gauleiter for Berlin) sets up "Der Angriff" as a propaganda tool for the Berlin Party. Belrin was a stronghold for the KPD therefore Goebbels role was to spread the NAzi message to the capital. This had limited success as the Nazis polled just 2% in Berlin in 1928. -
Party reorganised under Strasser
Gregor Strasser is place in charge of reorganising the Party. Each of Germany's 35 Gau had a party branch led by a Gauleiter answerable to Hitler. This highly centralised strucute allows the party to operate like a machine in electioneering and propaganda. Strasser played a key role in extending the Nazi Party beyond Bavaria raising it's membership from 27,000 in 1925 to 150,000 in 1929. -
Reichstag Election
2.6% of the vote
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Nuremberg Rally
This rally is the biggest yet attracting 200,000 members and supporters. The party made a silent film of the rally to use as propaganda. Hitler wanted to show not only the strength of the Nazi Party but also it's discipline. They wished to dispel the idea that they were thugs.
