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=__Hitler's Early Life__=

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am inn, but was mostly raised in Linz. Although growing up with a very strict abusive father, Alois Hitler, he always got lots of love from his mother who he absolutely adored. Hitler never did very well in school and decided to drop out in secondary school. He grew up without a graduation certificate and any job. Even though he didn’t do very well in school, he always knew what he wanted to become, and artist. But after the rejection from the Academy of fine Arts and the death of his mother, Hitler soon became very depressed. He tried to get comfort from getting a job in the military, but was also rejected from that because he was too unfit. When World War I broke out, they were looking for anyone to fight. Adolf served as a runner in the front lines, promoted to corporal and received an Iron Cross first Class. In April 1920, he left the war to go work for the Nazi Party. He stayed to work full time in the propaganda section, which he soon became very skilled at.

=__Problems From WWI__= In December 1918, President Wilson was happily welcomed by citizens from France, England, and Italy when he sailed to France. He brought with him over 200 different experts on history and ethnic groups. The reason he went to France was for the peace conference. It took place on January 18, 1919 in the palace of Versailles. The conference continued until June 28, when the treaty of Versailles was signed. The treaty was mostly a peace settlement after the end of WWI. The Allied and associated powers meet with representatives of 37 different countries to sign the peace treaty and present it to Germany.

=__Rise of Hitler and Nazis__=

A little time after the war ended, Hitler was already climbing to dictatorship and becoming more and more powerful each step. He became a very powerful public speaker and organizer in the Nazi party. He strongly believed in Nazism and extreme nationalism, the idea of getting all German speaking people in one great big German empire. The leader of the party, Ernst Roehm, gave Hitler the job of a street corner orator, yelling insults to any "Germany enemy" such as communists and Jews. Worse than that, in 1923, he led the Munich Beer Hall Putsch to try to gain control of the Bauarian government. His action put Hitler in jail for nine months. During his jail time, he wrote the book Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), which told his ideas and visions of Germany. Seizing living space and conquering countries with large German populations. After getting out of jail, Hitler experiences the biggest boon in the number of members for his Nazi party. When the economy collapsed in 1929, people where desperate for any job, even if it meant joining the Nazi party.

=__Hitler Becomes Leader__=

The Nazi party became stronger and stronger each day, and Hitler was getting more and more powerful. When he decides to run president, and loses, it’s not a complete lose. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor by the new president, Paul Von Hindenberg. And with this new title, he tried harder and harder to gain more power, to become the ultimate dictator. On March 23, 1933, he gets the Enabilie act passed, which grants him four years of dictatorial powers. Hitler did not take this much power lightly. He broke apart all German parties (except the Nazi party), took all Jews out of government, and got all government offices under his party. Soon, he got drunk with power and started murdering any Nazi who was a threat to his plans of dictatorship. He also had former leader of the Nazi party murdered, Ernest Roehm making himself the new leader. Shortly after, Hindenberg died making Hitler the new president, or what he liked to call himself, supreme leader of the Third Reich.

=__Additional Points__=

Book Burning Campaigns
The book burning campaigns were made by the German Nazi's to purify learning for students. They would burn books that went against any Nazi ideas and beliefs. They burned more than 25,000 books.

Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg or "Lighting war" is when the German army quickly invaded to try and overrun a country. They would use highly mechanized armored forces to win quick victories. This way of fighting would limit the time a country need to fight back, giving Germany the advantage.

Führer
Führer is a German word for leader, or all-powerful and was most associated with Adolf Hitler. The word isn’t used much anymore because of the strong negative connection to Nazi Germany.

Propaganda
Propaganda is used to alter an audience’s opinion in favor of the propagandist. Propaganda can be portrayed in print, spoken words, pictures, videos, material objects or physical acts.

Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth was an organization made by the Nazi party that lasted from 1922-1945. The Hitler youth members were split depending on the age, having children between 14-18. They would have weekly meetings, rallies, and field exercise, which were getting the children ready to be future members of the SS. = =

=__Primary Sources__= (Left to right: David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and U.S. president Woodrow Wilson). The four men are representatives from the Allies discussing the Treaty of Versailles. The picture shows them taking a break from the conference.

This is a book burning in Berlin, May 1933. They are burning any books that do not agree with Nazi ideas.

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