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Adolf Hitler's Involvement in WWII

Hitler's Background

Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in the Austrian town of Braunauam Inn, but he was raised in Linz. Hitler admired his mother and was the son of a minor custom official. Adolf did not focus on his school work and in 1905 he left his secondary school without a graduation certification. After leaving secondary school he decided to become an artist, but his artistic abilities were not good enough to get accepted in the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His mother soon passed and Adolf went to Vienna. He wanted to make a living as an artist. During 1907 to 1913 he painted advertisements and postcards; nonetheless he fell in to depression. His depression was focused on growing hatred towards Jews. Hitler then moved to Munich in 1913. In 1914 Adolf was recalled to Austria in February and was rejected from the military service, they saw him as unfit. As you can see his early life affected his life style and how he conducted it.

The End of WWI and The Treaty of Versailles.

The Treaty of Versailles ended WWI. It was a peace treaty between the Allies and the Central powers. The treaty caused may problems for Germany. The treaty blamed Germany for the start of the war, it demanded that Germany pay for all the material damages in every country that was involved in the war, and it also stated that Germany would have a limited army. Since Germany had to pay for all he war debs and many of the German citizens lost hope it was a great target for a strong dictator to lead this country out of its misery. Many historians believe that the debs had a direct cause to WWII starting. Dictators and fascist leaders wanted Germany to prosper and become an empire. Adolf Hitler noticed that Germany needed help, so he knew that by manipulating German and it's people he could easily have power and control Germany. The Treaty of Versailles opened a gate way for a leader to start another war and proceed with the expansion of Germany.

Hitler and The Nazis post WWI

By August 1920 Hitler wanted to transform the German workers party in to the Nazionalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei also know as NSDAP or Nazi Party. An army staff officer, Ernst Roehm, and Hitler formed an alliance. In July of 1921 Hitler was elected president of the Nazi party. Hitler then became a street corner orator. He would abuse Germany's enemies such as Jews and Communists. On November 8–9, 1923, Hitler led the Munich Beer Hall Putsch which was an attempt to seize control of the Bavarian government. Hitler was arrested and convicted of treason. During his five year sentence in prison he wrote a book called Mein Kampf. In the Autobiography he wrote about Nazism, how all German speaking people would unite, racial purification, and the expansion of Germany. Once Hitler was released he began his mission to fulfill his beliefs. By transforming the Nazi party Hitler gained more power and followers and was able to start his reign.

Hitler Becomes Chancellor and a Dictator

In 1932 Hitler ran for president against Paul von Hindenberg. Hitler lost to Hindenberg but the July election gained Nazis 37 percent of the votes. The Nazis were the largest party represented, so Hindenberg had no choice but to establish Hitler Chancellor on January 30. Once Hitler became Chancellor he worked his way up to becoming a Dictator. On Febuary 27, 1933 a fire destroyed the Reichstage. Soon after that Hitler found an alleged reason to legally eradicate the Communist parties and imprison their leaders. Hitler also received some unauthorized dictatorial powers on March 23 for engineered passage of the Enabling Acts. In August 1934 Paul von Hindenberg passed therefore, Hitler became president and took the title Fuhere or supreme leader. Once Hitler became the Fuhere he set up a secret police called Gestapo and altered the Brown shirts into the SS. The Gestapo and SS developed concentration camps for German enemies such as Jews. Now that Hitler is dictator he took full advantage of his power.

Additional Points of Research

1.Ant-Semitism is hatred or discrimination towards Jewish people during Hitler’s uprising. There were often organized attacks toward Jewish citizens and their culture. Jewish citizens were not permitted to have citizenship, interracial marriage, and some were striped of citizenship.

2. Euthanasia programs were carried out with people who had a mental disease or who were handicap. The euthanasia programs were inhuman medical experiments that happened during the rule of Hitler and the Nazis.

3. Propaganda has usually one out of the four behaviors to target an audience: submission, subversion, cooperation, or panic. Propaganda is information or rumors spread widely to help persuade or harm a large group.

4. The Gestapo is an official organization and secret police of Nazi Germany. The Gestapo was know for brutal attacks, methods, and operations to help Germany in it's racial purification such as concentration camps. The Gestapo would also arrest organizations or citizens that did not agree with Hitler’s rule.

5.Adolf Eichmann was Nazi official who helped carry out the demands of killing off Jewish people. Eichmann is know for the deaths of many Jewish people during the Holocaust. He was one of the major organizers for the transport of many Jewish people to concentration camps and ghettos.

Work Cited:

Primary

United States and Germany. "U.S.-German Peace Treaty." From // Treaties and Other Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. // Compiled by Charles I. Bevans. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1968-76.// American History Online //. Facts On File, Inc. [] ? itemID=WE52&iPin=E02470&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 16, 2011). The U.S. and German Peace Treaty was a second agreement based on the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty was between The United States and Germany. It talked about Germany taking responsibly for WWI, but did not include the League of Nations. This Treaty may also be known as Treaty of Berlin and was signed in1921.

Various. "Treaty of Versailles." // Treaties Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements, 1910-23, // Vol. III, p. 3331. // American History Online //. Facts On File, Inc. [] ? ItemID=WE52&iPin=E09270&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 16, 2011). The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that ended WWI. In this document there are all the countries that were involved and the rules that they had to abide by.

Secondary

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