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=The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis in Germany=

Early Life
====Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. His father, Alois Hitler, was a minor custom official. Alois was very brutal to his family. Adolf looked up to his mother, Klara, but in 1907, she died of breast cancer. Since her doctor was Jewish, he began to acquire a racial hate towards Jews. He didn't do very well in school. In 1905, he dropped out of secondary school before he could receive a certificate. He became depressed when he wasn't accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Hitler tried to make a living painting advertisements and postcards, but that didn’t get him very far. He enlisted into the army in 1913, but was rejected because he wasn't fit. A year later, at the start of World War I, he enlisted again. This time he was approved and became a runner on the front line. In 1918, he received the Iron Cross First Class.====

Treaty that ended WWI
====The Treaty of Versailles was a peace agreement that ended the Great War. It signed June 28, 1919 at Versailles, France. It went into effect on January 10, 1920, and started the League of Nations. Since Germany surrendered, all the territory they gained in World War I was taken away, and they had to pay millions of dollars for repair. They were forced to reduce their army to 100,000 men, and they could not have an air force or navy. Some parts of western Germany were actually demilitized. This was to prevent another war from starting. Since Germany wanted power and a strong military, they went against the treaty, causing the start of World War II.====

The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis in Post WWI
====Hitler left the army in 1920 to work for the German Workers Party propaganda section. By August, he was able to turn this party into the Nazi party, and less than a year later, he was elected president. He was arrested for trying to take control of the Bavarian Government. While in prison for nine months, he wrote his book, //Mein Kampf,// which outlined the goals for the Nazi party. He focused on getting men that would strengthen his party, and lead them into war. When he made an alliance with the Nationalist Party, they increased their Reichstag Seats. This made the Nazi Party become the second largest party in all of Germany.====

Chancellor of Germany
====In 1932, Hitler ran for president of the German Republic, but lost to the WWI hero, Paul Van Hindenberg. In July, the Nazis became the largest party, holding 230 Reichstag seats. On January 30, 1933, Hitler became Reichskanzler, or chancellor of Germany. Less than two months later, he passed the Enabling Act. This gave him four years of dictatorial powers. With this power, he began to take control of government offices, and taking all Jews out of government powers. When Hindenberg died in August of 1934, Hitler took his presidential spot, making him the leader of Germany.====

**Anti-Semitism**
====Anti-Semitism was hatred towards Jews. Many people thought that the Jewish race had to much political and economic power, so the Germans stripped them of all their rights. Anti-Semitism brought Jews to concentration camps, and millions of them died.====

**Blitzkrieg**
====Blitzkrieg was also known as the lightning war. The Germans used this tactic when they attacked Poland, Scandinavia, and France. They thought that air power would be a surprise, and their enemies would not have enough time to fight back.====

"Germany now is well on the way to fascist dictatorship...Nationalist coworkers in the government what must be done to shape a new Germany in accordance with Nazi ideals."
====America felt as if Germany was going down the wrong track. The newspaper article implied that Hitler was going to shape a new Germany based on his "blonde hair, blue eyed" perfect ideal person. Being a facist dictator means you often discriminate on race and whoever disagrees will be delt with serious consequences, sometimes meaning death. ====

[[image:adolf_hitler.jpg width="253" height="392" caption="Adolf Hitler"]]
====Between 1933 and1945, Hitler was a dictator in Germany. He wanted to seem powerful, so most of his pictures were from the ground looking up. This was to show the illusion that he was more important than god.====

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====Whitcomb, Julie. "anti-Semitism, 1929–1945." In Jeffries, John W., and Gary B. Nash, eds. //Encyclopedia of American History: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945//, Revised Edition (Volume VIII). //American History Online//. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2010. Accessed September 19, 2011.====