The Uncanny Resemblance of the Beer Hall Putsch and the January 6 Insurrection

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3. Hitler didn't come out "stronger than ever."

He was forbidden to speak in public, and regained control of a tiny fringe party on the verge of bankruptcy.

As is pointed out in the OP, what propelled Hitler to power a decade later was the world wide economic crash, which for the second time in a decade burned down the German economy. Even then, Hitler only rose to power thanks to the connivance of right wing politicians who thought they could control him and use him for their own purposes.

But I agree--Trump and his co-conspirators need substantive punishment for what happened on January 6th and its leadup. To do this the case has to be ironclad, and the prosecutors have to be ultra-wary about giving Trump a platform for more lies.

Hitler was able to use the trial to make speeches and raise his national profile, in large part because the judge in the trial and even the prosecutors were holdovers from the Kaiser's regime. One of the biggest mistakes the Social Democrats made when they established the Weimar Republic was not purging the German judiciary. The result was that leftists were often persecuted, while right wing extremists--including the assassins of public figures--were given slaps on the wrist.

One thing for sure--if there is a trial we have to hope the judge won't be someone appointed by the Slobfather.