The 25 point program included policies like: 'we demand land and colonies to feed our people and settle our surplus population'

'Only those of German blood...are members of the nation. No Jew may be a member of the nation'

Hitler's personal appeal- he was a very talented public speaker and knew how to intrigue listeners through slogans and gestures

Party organisation- meetings were more organised, membership and funds began to grow and they were therefore able to buy a newspaper 'The People's Observer'.

Party leadership- Hitler forced an election and he defeated Drexler and became party leader

The SA or 'Brownshirts- made of ex-soldies, unemployed and students mostly. They were an outward display of strength and organisation

When Hitler joined the DAP in September 1919, only 23 people attended the first meeting. The Treasurer announced their funds as 7 marks and 50 pfennigs which was only enough to buy some groceries.

By June 1920 the DAP had 1,000 members and grew by 2,000 more by the end of 1920.

The party's main policies tended to focus on socialism and nationalism hence why Hitler changed the name to NSDAP.

It explained the policies of DAP like opposition to Weimar politicians and opposition to democracy

The role of the SA was to impress the public with a sense of power and organisation. They were used to control crowds, subdue any opposition to Hitler and also to disrupt opposition meetings.

Hitler used the SA to take over (at gunpoint) a political meeting run by Gustav Kahr (Prime minister of Bavaria) and made him agree to support the putsch

Once things got going, Kahr was allowed to go home and he very quickly changed sides.

The Nazis carried on but were stopped when they marched into Munich by policemen. A brief gunfight began despite General Ludendorff being there. Hitler and other Nazi leaders were arrested

Hitler was only sentenced to 5 years which was a very small sentence for treason. Treason normally came with the deal sentence so the bias to Hitler was evident from the start.

The trial was a triumph for the Nazis as Hitler used it to push his message and his martyrdom to the public.

He was sent for Landsberg prison and was given a spacious room with frequent visitors and full access to writing materials. It was then that he wrote his book- Mein Kampf

There was limited support for the party because Weimar was in their 'Golden Years' (1924-29). While a government is stable, people are less interested in extremism

This wasn't good for the Nazis but it wasn't as bad as it could have been as they marketed themselves mainly on nationalist and socialist policies so they weren't as extremist as communist groups.

The failure of the Munich Putsch in 1923 would have been the death to any other political party, despite their large growth. But Hitler used the trial and publicity to their use, he gave public speeches during his trial which won national publicity.

Although they remained a minor party till the Depression struck, they were now a nationally known one

Upon his return to the party in 1925, Hitler began reorganizing the party starting with a clear hierarchy of leadership within the party.

there were regional leaders down to people who were in charge of a neighborhood or city block. each were obedient to Hitler but were allowed to apply initiative to the situation which allowed a dynamism which other party couldn't replicate.

Mein Kampf didn't sell very well in its early years and only really took off in 1933 during Hitler's first year as Chancellor.

It highlighted some ideas that would become the Nazi's main policies eg. lebensraum and anti-semitism