Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)‚ commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945‚ and head of state (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. Hitler is most commonly associated with the rise offascism in Europe‚ World War II‚ and the Holocaust
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The story of Adolf Hitler was an intriguing one. The story of a man‚ driven by the hatred for his vision of the inferior people‚ to become the dictator of Germany and leader of the infamous Nazi party. Hitler’s story starts in the small village of Braunau Am Inn‚ in 1889. He is given the talent of making wonderful pieces of art‚ but soon loses motivation to follow this passion after his mother dies‚ in December 21‚ 1907‚ and he fails to get into the Vienna Art School‚ in 1900. His life falls apart
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Life of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th day of April of the year 1889. He was born in the small town of Austria known as Braun au. It was right along the Inn River across from Germany. His father was Adolf Hitler and right after his son s birth‚ he moved his family to Linz‚ Austria. Adolf started school there and at first was a good student but later in his studies he did poorly. This disappointed and angered Adolf‚ his father‚ because his father s hopes were that Hitler one-day study
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Adolf Hitler Hitler was born in Austria‚ on April 20‚ 1889‚ to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. At the age of three Hitler and his family moved from Austria to Germany. Hitler’s father disapproved in his interest in fine arts. After Hitler’s father died in 1903‚ his mother allowed him to leave school and move to Vienna. While there he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice‚ and was rejected. Throughout the years after losing all of his money bill and began to cultivate his anti-Semitism. When world
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made me remember when my favourite son was alive... Adolf Hitler. I still can’t believe he was the smallest of all my children. From April 20‚ 1889 to April 30 1945 I have loved all he has done. Now I acknowledge the doctor’s decision who managed to persuade me to spare the young Austrian boy. I remember knocking on the doctor’s door in my dark-green uniform to see my beautiful wife and the future leader of Germany. Foolishly I assumed Adolf was going to die which would left my wife heartbroken
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1 September 1939: Adolf Hitler invades an unsuspecting Poland that started one of the most devastating wars in the history of the world. From this attack‚ Hitler went on to concur other great nations in Eastern Europe. Hitler’s reign of terror resulted in the death of millions of Jews living in Eastern Europe and countless lives of American soldiers. 11 September 2001: Two planes hit the World Trade Center‚ a plane hits the Pentagon‚ and a plane crashes in Pennsylvania. It is immediately thought
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The Rise of Adolf Hitler After the failure of the putsch on November 9‚ 1923 and his “one year” imprisonment‚ Adolf Hitler realized that he needed to change his approach in order to seize the power he desired. In order to overthrow the government‚ Hitler needed to use democracy. After the stock market crash in 1929‚ the notion of Hitler becoming the leader became more tempting for the Germans. Using the tragic state of the economy to rise to power‚ Hitler managed to become Chancellor in 1933. This
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After assuming political power in 1933‚ Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party implemented a mission of reviving German strength‚ acquiring territory for more living space or Lebensraum‚ and establishing a foundation for a pure “racial/supremist” state. In order to achieve these goals‚ Hitler needed to create a sense of Volksgemeinschaft or a national community unified in mind‚ will‚ and spirit. Volksgemeinschaft could only be attained through total state control; therefore‚ every facet of cultural and
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this opportunity‚ Hitler rose to power. The Treaty of Versailles‚ established post World War I‚ led Germany to humiliation. They lost their land‚ military‚ respect‚ and a say in world affairs. Germany became isolated‚ and to the German people‚ Hitler was their ultimate savior. In a matter of years‚ Hitler quickly rose to power and boosted the economy. He had satisfied Germany‚ in the early years‚ and came to power in a legal manner. Along with the rest of Germany‚ Adolf Hitler was depressed after
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people. Hitler took advantage of the depression‚ and used the minority of Jews as scapegoats to gain political power. Eighty years later‚ after the financial crisis of 2009‚ millions of Americans lost their homes‚ and Donald Trump campaigned for president in 2015‚ employing a bigoted rhetoric‚ by targeting Mexicans as the ones to blame for poverty and loss of jobs. Although they may be separated by time period and distinct nationalities‚ the similarities between the Nazi dictator Hitler
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