The Beer Hall Putsch

have been over exaggerated because this man may have fallen out with the Nazi party and wanted to make them sound ‘bad’. On the other hand if it was written around the time then I expect he would be telling pretty much the truth, and as he was no longer in Germany, he would have been away from the danger of Hitler finding out what he had written. Source B is much more likely to be untrue and misleading, this was painted 14 years later and was painted by and official Nazi party artist. It was most probably painted to mislead people and make them think that the Nazi party are good civil people.I think Source C is a lot more helpful, this backs up the fact that there must have been a ‘riot’ in there to break 98 chairs and many glasses and tankards. This is also backup that they were acting stupidly and were probably drunk with 2372 pints of beer being drunk! It also does not give off a very good impression of the Nazi party with 148 sets of cutlery stolen. Source D does not really help understand what went on inside because it only gives us what Hitler did/said and not what was going on inside or how the crowd reacted! Source D shows that Hitler was being aggressive whilst source C shows that lots of people were. Sources F, G and H all agree with each other in certain aspects. They all agree that for some reason or other, Hitler fell to the ground, they all agree on the fact that there was firing at the marchers, but they present this in different ways. Source F is written in a way, which tries to make Hitler look good, and heroic. The fact that the author says Hitler was pulled to the ground, and that it was not his fault, removes any suggestion that it was him being cowardly. The fact that it includes the quote of what he apparently said, makes it obvious that the source is strongly trying to influence you and make you think of Hitler in a good way. This is probably because it was written in 1934, and by the Nazi party. Hitler was still in great power at this time, and anyone saying a bad word about Hitler was usually killed, which would definitely influence the author.  Sources G and H disagree with this representation of Hitler. Source G suggests he wasn’t even planning to participate in the march, as he wanted to flee the country.  It makes Hitler out to be cowardly. It suggests that he “Flung himself to the ground”, and says that even after the march, it still, “did not prevent him from running”, none of this is meant to make you look at Hitler in a good light. As it was published outside Germany, the author could be much more honest than the author of Source F.  Source H is trying to stay unbiased, as it’s written by a historian, and he is trying to stick to the facts. But all sources are slightly biased, and this one still says that Hitler shouted “Surrender”, which could be interpreted as him being cowardly. The source does however admit that conditions were in the favour of the police, and that Hitler could just have been acting as a professional soldier. It even gives his side of the story. Source H is probably the most reliable, as it was written after the event, so the author wasn’t influenced by Hitler’s authority.Sources J and I show that Hitler was trying to put across a patriotic and respectable image of himself and his party. Source I shows Hitler looking smart and dignified, with an official looking person, suggesting that Hitler is an important person. In Source J, Hitler is trying to put across that he had done nothing wrong, but was simply being a loyal German subject by avenging the “traitors of 1918”. He is trying to win the support of the jury, and also the general public, by winning over their patriotic sides, by using phrases like, “to fight and die for the good of their people and their fatherland”.Source A shows that Hitler’s action s certainly had a great impact on the people who were in the hall at the time of the incident, but doesn’t really show us what wider impact the putsch had on their political influence. It does show us however that Hitler had access to a large and loyal army. Source B shows us that even if this wasn’t exactly what happened at the beer hall, Hitler was obviously a very charismatic and persuasive public speaker, which would definitely be useful in gaining further political power. I know that Hitler did win over many crowds with his public speeches. Source C doesn’t really agree or disagree with the statement, as its just statistics, not really opinions. It does however show that there was a lot of commotion caused, so it was a big event. Source D very much agrees with the statement, as Hitler thought that this was a very big turning point in his political career. He even says, “a provisional government will be formed this very day”. I know this didn’t happen, and the whole plan failed. Source E is very much in agreement with the statement, and he seems to say that he considers most men at that time in his position were very impressionable, and that Hitler’s speeches mesmerised people, and turned them to his cause. This would suggest that the events did increase their influence. Source F suggests that Hitler was a courageous and amazing man, but doesn’t really say much about how big a political impact it had. Source G suggests that the events didn’t have much of an impact, as Hitler was planning on fleeing even after the events of the 8th, although, this source is probably not very reliable, as it was written by a member of an opposing party at the time. Source H is like source F in the sense that, it doesn’t really agree or disagree with the statement, its pretty fair in its judgements, and is mainly just talking about the events, not their effects. Sources I and J are both from Hitler’s trial, which I know Hitler used greatly to his advantage in publishing the beliefs of the Nazi party, and had a big impact on the influence of Hitler. Source K shows that 1 big effect of the Munich Putsch was to encourage Hitler to try and gain power through legal methods, as he finally realised, forced power wouldn’t get him to high power. I know this approach eventually worked much better for him.