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__ The Rise of Adolf Hitler __


 * Hitler's Early Life: ** Adolf Hitler, better known as Hitler, was born on April 20th, 1889. Although he was born in the town of Braun au am Inn, he was raise in Linz. He was the son of Alois Hitler, a brutal, judgmental father. In his years of education, Hitler had a poor ability to be a good student and had eventually dropped out of secondary school in 1905. Soon after, he had figured out that he wanted to try and pursue a career as an artist. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the talent needed to be accepted to the Academy of Fine arts in Vienna. He didn’t let that stop him. Soon after his idol had passed away, his mother, Hitler began to create postcards and advertisements but was never noticed in society. His later direction in his state of depression because of falling yet again had grown a racial hatred toward Jews. He had seen Jews as a threat to the German race. Realizing his loathing, he later moved to Munich to join the Austrian army only turning out to be another failed accomplishment. At that point, Hitler unreservedly enlisted in the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. He began to serve in the front lines as a runner, was promoted to corporal, and was decorated four times, receiving the Iron Cross 1st Class on August 4, 1918.


 * End of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles ** : The ending of the Great War was all thanks to the Treaty of Versailles. With Germany surrendering on November 11, 1918 only the signing of the treaty was followed on June 28, 1919. With actions, come consequences with everything that you do. For Germany, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and the end of the war caused major problems. Regions that Germany invaded and had taken over were returned back to their original country. Germany also had to pay for the damages done for France and Great Britain that had happened during the war. All indications show that from all the tension and economic struggles, the Nazi state was created which triggered the outbreak of WWII in 1939.


 * The rise of Hitler and the Nazis ** - Adolf Hitler remained in Germany in WWI full of anger because of Germanys defeat. On September of 1919, he joined the German workers party because it rep. all of what h believed in. This organization quickly turned bad and became know as the Nazi Party. Former soldiers also joined the group and their violence became a way of life for the Nazis. No one would have thought that the German workers party, filled with unemployed soldiers, would become the government of Germany in 1933.


 * How Hitler became Chancellor then Dictator: ** Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January of 1933. By the head of the Coalition Government. To him, he thought he wouldn't be there for long. When Hitler was put in place as Chancellor, Germany was then a democracy. There were numbers of parties to vote for.

During this time, bills and laws had to go through the Reichstag (Imperial Parliament Building) for approval which over half of them were against the Nazi Party. Right before the elections, the Reichstag was burnt down and Hitler then declared that it was a sign of a communist take over. A known communist (Marianus Van Der Lubbe) was caught in the area of the fire, and Hitler told everyone that he started the fire. Because of this, Hitler asked then President Hindenburg, to grant him emergency power which he did. Hitler later took over and arrested the leader of both parties, then passed the law giving him all control and dictator power. Eventually, Nazis and officers where put in charge of all governments in Germany.


 * Additional Points: **

The **Blitzkrieg** was a strategy used by Germany that used the advances of military to take the enemies by surprise. This stratagey was a very quick working strategy. Also known as the "lightning war".

**Anti-Semitism** was the prejudice toward Jews. This was on the minds of the Nazis and Hitler during his time.

Schutzstaffel was also known as the **SS**. This name means "defense squadron". Nazis had created this as their military which gave them their plans of terror and intimidation.

**Propaganda** is the giving of ideas and points of view that helps one side cause or damage the other side. Hitler was a master of propagandas.

**The** **Gestapo** was short for the the Nazi's state secret police force. Gestapo became a symbol of the Nazi's course of terror. The Gestapo was also made up of professional police officers of Germany which had started as Hitler's bodyguards.


 * Primary Sources**:

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"//My program for educating youth is hard. Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of the Teutonic Order a youth will grow up before which the world will tremble. I want a brutal, domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it. The free, splendid beast of prey must once again flash from its eyes...That is how I will eradicate thousands of years of human domestication...That is how I will create the New Order//." – Adolf Hitler, 1933.

This quote, said by Hitler, explains how he was going to deal with and develop the youth of Germany. It shows how Hitler wants the future of Germany youth to become strong, Nazi followers and soldiers.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE-


 * "Nazi Paper Urges Cut in Reich's Interest- First Hitlerite Attack on the Private debts Refers to 'Gigantic Tributes'."**

This article was Published in the New York Times Newspaper on January 3, 1933 and was written by Alfred Rosenberg. This article explained how the world believed that Germany was free of payments after WWI. But in fact, they still secretively still owed millions of dollars.

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