Adolf Hitler Dbq

Michael Paul Gomez

Luke Bonura

05/18/14

1B

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau, Austria, a small town across the Inn River from Germany. Shortly after he was born, his father, Alois Hitler, moved the family to Linz, Austria. Hitler went to school in Linz and did outstanding at first but once he got to high school his grades plummeted. Adolf’s father had hopes that his son would become a government worker as he did, but Adolf Hitler had wishes of becoming an artist. In 1907, Hitler traveled to Vienna Austria to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. His pursuit failed when he failed the entrance exam to the Academy of Fine Arts. After his mother’s death in 1907, he decided to remain in Vienna. He reattempted

Hitler announced that the national revolution had begun and declared the formation of a new government. After a short struggle including 20 deaths, the coup, known as the "Beer Hall Putsch," failed.

In 1932 ran for the presidency and came in second place. Paul von Hindenburg, the winner, appointed Hitler as chancellor in order to promote political balance. Hitler used his position as chancellor to from a legal dictatorship. The Reichstag Fire Decree, announced after a suspicious fire at the Reichstag, suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial. Hitler also engineered the passage of the Enabling Act, which gave his cabinet full legislative powers for a period of four years and allowed deviations from the constitution. In 1938, Hitler, along with several other European leaders, signed the Munich Agreement. The treaty ceded the Sudetenland districts to Germany, reversing part of the Versailles Treaty. As a result of the summit, Hitler was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1938. This diplomatic win only catalyzed his appetite for a renewed German dominance. On September 1, Germany invaded Poland. In response, Britain and France declared war on

The Soviets had driven the German army back into Western Europe, and the Allies were advancing into Germany. On April 29, 1945, Hitler married his girlfriend, Eva Braun, in a small civil ceremony in his Berlin bunker. Around this time, Hitler was informed of the assassination of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini(Roberts 73). Afraid of falling into the hands of enemy troops, Hitler and Braun committed suicide the day after their wedding, on April 30, 1945. Their bodies were carried to the bombed-out garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were burned. Berlin fell on May 2,