Adolf Hitler
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was a German political and government leader.
And he is one of the 20th century�s most powerful dictators, when
he ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.He turned Germany into a
powerful war machine and provoked World War II in 1939,when
he invaded Poland. He built the Nazi party into a mass movement.
For sometime he dominated most of Europe and North Africa. He
caused the slaughter of millions of Jews and others whom he
considered inferior. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20,1889 in
Branau am Inn, Austria. Adolf�s father, Alois Hitler was a minor
customs official. He died in 1903.Adolf�s mother, Klara Hitler was
a peasant girl. She died in 1907.Hitler did not do well in school
and he dropped out of high school. He was eager to become an
artist, so he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1907
and 1908 but he was rejected both times. During his spare time he
read alot, developing anti-Jewish and antidemocratic views. When
World War I started Hitler was rejected by the Austrian Army, but
accepted by the German Army. He served as a messenger on the
Western Front for most of the war, taking part in some of the
bloodiest battles. He was wounded and received the Iron Cross for
bravery. But he was never promoted higher than lance corporal.
But after the war he found himself unable to find a job. After
Germany�s defeat in 1918 he returned to Munich, remaining in the
army until 1920.In September 1919 he joined the nationalist
German Workers� Party. In April 1920 he went to work full time
for the party, now renamed the National Socialist German
Workers� Party or the Nazi party. In 1921 he was elected party
chairman with dictatorial powers. He now became known as Der
Fuhrer. The Nazis aim was to organize all Germans into one
nation. And to rid the Jews of German citizenship and eliminate
them completely. He organized meetings with his personal
bodyguard force, the Storm Troopers. In November 1923,at a time
of political and economic chaos, he led an uprising or Putsch in
Munich against the postwar Weimar Republic, the German
government. This was known as the Beer Hall Putsch. However the
Putsch collapsed. Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in
prison. He only spent nine months in prison. During this time he
spent writing his autobiography, Mein Kampf which means My
Struggle. In it was a plan to conquer Europe and much of the
world. The failure of the Beer Hall Putsch taught Hitler that the
Nazi Party must use legal means to assume power. Hitler was
released as a result of general amnesty in December 1924.He then
rebuilt his party without interference from those whose government
he tried to overthrow. When the Great Depression struck in
1929,Hitler explained it as a Jewish-Communist plot. This was
accepted by many Germans. Hitler promised a strong Germany,
jobs, and national glory. He attracted millions of voters....
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