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Leah Liberty Humanities II: History 9-18-11 __Hitler & World War I Ending __ During WWI, there were many fights and treaty’s made. These were to stop war because starts didn’t want part in a war that was over one states issue, Germany. During this time Hitler began to rise among the people and cause problems. Also during this time the Treaty Of Versailles was made. This treaty was a peace agreement that would end WWI. When Germany broke the rules that the treaty stated this started Hitler’s rise in power. At this time it was the easiest to get what he wanted.

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, but raised mainly in Linz, he was the son of a minor customs official. As a child Hitler was bad at his studies in school, and became an artist after he dropped out. When he became an artist he went to college but his drawings didn’t classify. After his mother passed away he began falling into an aimless depression given direction only by a growing racial hatred focused primarily on the Jews, whom Hitler began to see as a threat to the Germanic—or "Aryan"—race. This began the start of something bad. He moved to Munich in 1913, presumably to evade conscription into the Austrian army. Sadly when he tried out to get into the army he didn’t make it into the unit.

August 1914, with the outbreak of WWI, Hitler eagerly enlisted in the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. After this Hitler became very interested in militaristic nationalist. This became his new home because of his power he now had. When he was arrested for the racial slurs against Jews he wrote a book about his power and beliefs, this became his autobiography called //Mein Kampf// ("My Struggle.") Hitler was released 9 months later.

The Treaty Of Versallies, which ended World War I, was heavily punitive, and Germany was also rocked by an abortive Communist revolution. Germany was forced to surrender because their power wasn’t strong enough. They disagreed to the treaty so they were forced to let go and then they became their own army, which started this issue with the Jews, and Hitler’s power.When the treaty failed he was known for being instrumental in transforming the German Worker's Party by August 1920 into the Nazionalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei commonly shortened to NSDAP or Nazi Party . Forming an alliance with Ernst Roehm, an army staff officer, and he was elected president of the party in July 1921. Hitler became a street corner orator, loudly assaulting Germany's enemies principally Communists and Jews, as well as the nations that had forced upon the German people in peace, and during November 8–9 1923, he led the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, a bold attempt to seize control of the Bavarian government. This began Hitler’s power streak.

He wrote of a Germany that would rise again to become the dominant power in the world, a Germany that would claim and obtain //Lebensraum//, living space in central Europe and in Russia. This was when he believed that he would rise in post- WWI Germany. During this time Hitler got out of jail after 9 months and made an army. He became the leader and dictator of this army of Germany, called the Nazis. The Nazis increased in numbers fast and Hitler became more and more powerful. They ran the streets of Germany taking Jews, Disabled, and people that weren’t German left to. They had standard for blond hair, blue eyes people, these people would not get killed or sent to concentration camps. State after state Hitler took over and more and more people died from his actions. His last move was to arrest the Allied advance and retake Antwerp. After the hard-fought Battle of the Bulg offensive was crushed, and Hitler retreated to the //Führerbunker//, a hardened underground command shelter in Berlin. When he got there he hastily married Eva Braun, and the couple committed suicide together, this ended his life and his power.

Hastedt, Glenn. "Treaty of Versailles." //Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy//. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAFP424&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 17, 2011). This explains Hitler life and his plans to take over. It gives you detail on what happened.

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 17, 2011). This explains what happened during WWI. It also explains what happened at the end of the war and what happened to Germany during this time.