12th May 2026: 1923. Hitler’s Breakthrough Year

Mark Jones

• Tuesday, May 12, 2026
• 10:30 – 12:30
• Newtownpark Pastoral Centre

In November 1923 Hitler attempted to take power in the city of Munich. His putsch, which lasted less than 24 hours ended in failure. A decade later, he returned to the same places as German Chancellor at the start of the Third Reich. This talk examines the history of the Nazi leader in Bavaria during the course of 1923 and the wider national and international crises that made it possible. It draws from my book 1923. The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup, described by the Financial Times as a ‘vivid crisp, impressively sustained narrative,’ and by the Irish Independent as ‘riveting.’

Mark Jones is an Associate Professor in History and Member of the Centre for War Studies at University College Dublin. A specialist in the history of political violence, war, and revolution, he is best known for his books Founding Weimar. Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-19 (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and 1923. The Forgotten Crisis In The Year of Hitler’s Coup (Basic Books, 2023), both of which were also published in German translation by Propyläen, and the German Federal Agencies for Civic Education. A regular public speaker, Mark has given high profile public lectures in Ireland, Germany, Britain and the United States.