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Adolf Hitler: The story of an Angry Man Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, but he was raised in Linz. Hitler dropped out of secondary school in 1905 without ever getting a graduation certificate. After his mother died he moved to Vienna to pursue a career in art. He was recalled to Austria for military examination in February 1914 but he was rejected. In August 1914 he enlisted in the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment.He fought in the front lines as a runner, and was promoted to corporal. He was decorated four times, receiving the Iron Cross 1st Class on August 4, 1918. He left the army in April 1920 to work for the party's propaganda section. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

The treaty of Versailles caused many problems for Germany. It freed Luxemburg from German control. It also demilitarized all of Germany west of the Rhine and a strip of land to the east of it. The treaty also gave Alsace-Lorraine back to France, and allowed the League of Nations Council to distribute mandates to German colonies. It also curtailed Germany's army and navy, and abolished it's air force. This was thought as a direct cause of World War 2 because it left Germany in a bad political and economical state, and the people of Germany wanted to get out of their struggles. (Various. "Treaty of Versailles." //Treaties Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements, 1910-23,// Vol. III, p. 3331. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). @http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=E09270&SingleRecord=True)

Hitler and the Nazis rose during post World War 1. First Hitler turned the German Worker's Party into the Nazi party in August 1920, and was elected president of the party in July 1921. Later on Hitler was arrested for trying to seize control of the Bavarian government. When he was released he recruited men into the Nazi party, who could lead his country into war. Next he formed an alliance with the Nationalist Party led by Alfred Hugenberg. Through this the Nazis were able to become the second largest party in Germany. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

Hitler ran for presidency of the German republic in 1932, but lost to Paul von Hindenberg. Paul von Hindenberg appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany in January 1933 since the Nazis were the largest party in the represented in the elections. Hitler found a pretext for legally abolishing the and imprisoning its leaders, when a fire destroyed the Reichstag. Hitler engineered the passage of the Enabling Act on March 23, 1933. This gave him four year of dictatorial powers. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

Fuhrer This was a title Hitler adopted that means supreme leader of the third Reich. He replaced the SA Brown-shirts with the Schutzstaffel, also known as the Black-shirts. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

The SS The Schutzstaffel, also known as the Black-shirts replaced the Brown-shirts. They worked with the Gestapo to establish a system of concentration camps to send politcal enemies, Jews and others to. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

Josef Goebbels He was a World War 1 air ace. He was recruited into the Nazi party when Hitler was released from jail. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

Blitzkrieg This was a military strategy created by the German army. The German army used it when it invaded Poland in 1939.

The Gestapo It was a secret organization of police. Worked with the SS to establish a system of concentration camps. (Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?(accessed September 18, 2011). http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True)

Primary Source #1 Treaty of Versailles  Allies' "dictated peace" with Germany, signed on June 28, 1919, at Versailles, France, to take effect January 10, 1920. The first part embodied the, the rest involved German war reparations.
 * Date: 1919 ||
 * Date: 1919 ||

( Tells how the Treaty of Versailles established the leauge of Nations. Also tells what punishments Germany received through the treaty.

Primary source # 2

Taylor, Jack 
 * Born: 1908 Died: unknown
 * Born: 1908 Died: unknown

Occupation: orthodontist, Office of Strategic Services agent

From: //World War II//, An Eyewitness History. ||

On April 1, 1945, Taylor arrived at Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was beaten, assigned to a work gang constructing a new crematorium. ( Tells the story of a dentist who joined the med corps on a naval ship. Also tells how he ended up at a concentration camp and was forced to work for the nazis.)