The Nazi Party
developed, grew, and changed a great deal between 1924 and 1928. This important transformation
was carried out by Adolph Hitler.
In 1923, Hitler tried to take power by
force in the Munich Putsch. Mussolini had violently seized power the year before, and Hitler
sought to emulate his future ally. Germany was suffering from severe inflation, so the Nazis
sensed an opportunity. Moreover, Hitler had thousands of SA troops ready to fight for
him.
After the failure of the coup, Hitler was sentenced to prison, where he
spent most of 1924. He wrote Mein Kampf in prison, and he realized that
power could only be achieved by winning elections. He served less than a year of his five-year
sentence.
In 1925, he began to enlarge the party. Membership in the party
quintupled, and its organization strengthened. Hitler put Josef Goebbels in charge of Nazi
propaganda. Although the party was stronger, Hitler could not speak in public until 1927.
Moreover, the party could...
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