Hitler’s Munich by David Ian Hall -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Maps Preface I: Early Years, 1889–1918

Austrian Beginnings Young Hitler in Linz Vienna Munich Hitler’s Early Years in Munich The Artist Goes to War The Soldier Returns

II: Political Beginnings, 1919–23

Revolutionary Munich Kurt Eisner and the Bavarian Republic Eisner’s Assassination and the Second Revolution The Hoffmann Interregnum and the Bavarian Soviet Republics The First Bavarian Soviet Republic The Second Bavarian Soviet Republic Hitler Finds his Political Voice in Munich Hitler Joins the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP) The Birth of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party, NSDAP) Hitler Leaves the Army and Returns to Civilian Life Hitler Takes Control of the NSDAP Hitler Builds the Party 1923 – the Beer Hall Putsch From the Bürgerbräukeller to the Feldherrnhalle

III: Der Kampfzeit – The Long Struggle, 1924–33

Hitler in Prison The Trial The Verdict Back in Landsberg Prison Mein Kampf Parole Postponed Rebuilding the Party The Charismatic Führer Creation of the Party Cadre and National Organization Erholung (Rest and Recovery) The Path to Power The Breakthrough

IV: Munich, 1933–39

Consolidation of Power Bringing German Society into Line Hauptstadt der Deutschen Kunst (Capital of German Art) Dissent and Resistance to the New Nazi Regime in Munich Ernst Röhm and ‘The Night of the Long Knives’ The Cult of Nazism Hauptstadt der Bewegung (Capital of the Movement) Kunst ist kein Luxus (Art is not a Luxury) Slow March to War Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) Diplomatic Intrigues, Ultimatums, and War

V: Munich During the War, 1939–45

Munich’s First Casualty of the War A Bomb in the Bürgerbräukeller Munich Adjusts to the Demands of War Die Weiβe Rose (the White Rose) British and American Bombs Rain Down on Munich Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)

Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Sources Acknowledgements Image and Photograph Credits Plate section