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Adolf Hitler's gain to power

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in am Inn Braunau Austrilla. Hitler was raised by his very strict father Alois Shicklgrube. Who took his maiden name until the year 1876 when he took his step fathers last name Hitler. Adolf was not very bright, he left school in 1905 without a graduation certificate. However after he wanted to be an artist, and failed to get into The academy of fine arts in Vienna because of his poor skills in watercolors and his dull drawings. In 1913 his military career began, he attempted to join the Austrian army, where later in 1914 got rejected. Due to the outbreak on World War I in 1914 Hitler enlisted in the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. After serving on the front lines as a runner, he became corporal, received the Iron Cross 1st class in August of 1918. He stayed in the regiment, even wounded till April 1920. In Septemeber 1919, he served as a political agent and joined the Germans Workers Party. He left the army in 1920 to give his full commitment to the the propaganda section of the party. His early life started off rough, but he found his passion in the military and the German Workers Party. The Treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I caused much problem in Germany. The Treaty gave three regions of Germany to Belgium, and also stated that Germany was responiblie for paying the damage of the war. The population of Germany went down approximately 10 percent after the Treaty was signed. Germany was declared the aggressor stated in the " war guilt clause." After World War I the Big Four wanted to ensure that Germany would never again be a threat to Europe again. Many restrictiions took place, the military was limited to 100,000 men, and the military was not able to have aircraft's, tanks, conscripts, or reserves. The Treaty however, did not state the exact amount they had to pay back due to the damages and losses to the allied nations. Historians indicated the war of World War I was a direct cause to World War II because of the economic state Germany was in, and the resentments about the war to the people and politics. After the Treaty of Versailles was signed we begin learning about Hitler and the Nazi party, which now we know shortly after was the time of World War II. In August of 1920, the Nazi party was established and in July 1921 Hitler was elected President. Hitler then began rising to power. Hitler then began assulting Germany's enemies, which he considered communist and Jews. On November 8-9 in 1923 he started something called Munich Beer Hall Putsch where him and the party tried to gain control of the Bavarian government. After he was arrested and charged with treason, he then went to Landesberg prison and wrote a book called " My Struggle". The book was about his political philosophy on Jews, Communists, liberals, and a reborn force of Germany's racial purity. After serving only nine months of a five year sentence Hitler tried to bring Germany back to the top, with him as leader. In 1929 there was a worldwide economic collapse and soon after a depression, this time was the Nazi prime time. They gained 95 Reichstag seats and became the second largest party in Germany. He ran for president in 1932 but lost to a World War I hero, but in July the party gained 37% and was declared the largest party represented. The president had no choice but to appoint Hitler as Prime Minister on Janurary 30th, 1933. Hitler wanted power, he wanted to be dictator and his first order of business was to legally abolish the Communist party, which he did. He then took Jews out ofhumanitiesfall11 - WWII Hitler Page AKAA political positions and brought all of the government under Nazi control. In August of 1934, the president died and Hitler had to take presidency action. The SS along with the secret poilce, Gestapo,created concentration camps for political figures who didnt listen, Jews, and others that were unstable. Hitler then took jews citizenship away with a racial law. In March 1938, Austria was invaded and annexed by Hitler. On Septemeber 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland and World War II began. Hitler then became dictator,becuase of the power he had over the people. His power became stronger during the war, and was a big part of World War II, sadly he died in 1945. Rallies- This phrases refers to the rallies that Hitler use to hold for the Nazi Party. He practiced and took pictures of his face to see how he protrayed certain messages. Theses rallies were huge many people came to listen to Hitler as some thought of him as god, he ruled and knew how to grab the people and make them listen. Rallies were a big part of this time, so make hitler rise even more in power. Anti-Semitism- This phrase means the hate for Jews, this was a big part of this time. Hitler hated jews and put them in concentration camps, created racial laws which took citizenship away. Jews were taken out of political positions, and had strict rules for living in Germany. Hitler was also responsible for the Holocaust, which was all about anti- semitism and the hatred fro Jews. The Gestapo- The Gestapo was a secret police force for the SS and the concetration camps. They were the police that did the dirty work for Hitler. They would kill people, torture, and had no remorse for people. They would do as if they were told, and they took people out of there homes during the holocaust. Hitler worked hand in hand with Gestapo to get what he wanted. Propaganda- This phrase was pratically Hitlers method of brainwashing the German people. He stood and told lies, but because he said them over and over again he could brain wash the people. The progranda section of the Nazi party was to get people to do what he wanted but not feel guilty about it. This was the section Hitler got hired by full-time after his time in the military. Hitler used propaganda to not only full his people but the entire world. Book burning campaigns- This was yet another way for Hitler to control the German citizens and the world. He took all books, even bibles from everywhere and burnt them in time square. This was done so that people would have no resources except what he wanted them to read. This was a direct statement to the people that if he didnt want something, it would be gone. Even Bibles were burnt in a bonfire. Primary sources "Are you willing to give assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade the territory or possessions of the following independent nations: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, the Arabias, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iran." This document is a letter to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini from the United States. This was sent before World War II, to try and protect the nations around Germany and show that the United States did not wanna be a part of the War. [|Hitler Newspaper] This is a newspaper article from September 28,1923 about the military in Germany and how to prevent a civil war. This article tells about Hitler loss in allies like Bavaria, it also tells us how they are gonna establish a militray. Hitler states how he will raise 100,000 men to fight in his military easily. The Newpaper gives you an outlook on what was going on in the military during this time. Work Cited "Great militray coup in Germany prevents civil war." //Historical Newspaper// 28 sept.1923. 1-2. //Historical Newspaper//. Web. 18 Sep 2011. . 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? ItemID=WE52&iPin=lbio0087&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 18, 2011).