Hitler: The Rise Of The Life Of Adolf Hitler

In 1889 in Austria Adolf Hitler was born. Over the course of his life, he would go on to become the most infamous dictator of all time and cause the death of over eleven million people.

Hitler was originally born in Austria, although felt great pride for the German people and decided to join the German military during World War I. During the war, hitler was hit with mustard gas and was temporarily blinded. During this time Hitler heard of Germany's surrender through radio, eventually regaining his full sight back. Germany was the world's scapegoat after the war and was burdened with paying for all of the damages and became a laughing stock. Hitler swore to bring Germany from the ashes by planning a rebelion. As good as this looked on paper, it failed, and earned Hitler five years in prizen. While incarcerated, Hitler clearly voiced his oppinions for Germany in his book he wrote in prizen entitled Mein Kompf. The book became a smashing success and rewarded him with fame and a reduced sentence of only a few months.

Hitler began to work his way up the ranks of the German government, riding on the wave of his fame. Eventually he rose to the position of Chelcellor, secound in command. Biding his time, the current President pasted away (Some say of natural causes some say not) and then got rid of the position of President. This made him the leader of Germany and eventually bacame a dictator.

With Germany under the rule of a new dectator, Hitler would move to enact the Final Solution. This "solution" envolved getting rid of all of the people Hitler thought to be bringing down Germany. The following events would come to be called the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the genocide of six million Jews and five million other people who were de...

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...o hiding in a secret room in an old spice factory. The publication of her diary after the war allowed for an eye oppening experience of what life was like in hiding from the Nazis. Anne tells her story over the period of a few years in which she goes through teenage drama and aingst all while fearing for life during WWII. After her last entry, the Franks are discovered and sent to consentration camps where they are all killed except Otto Frank, Anne's father. Anne's diary has been translated into many languages and to this day is the second highest selling non-fiction book, only surpassed by the bible.

The Holocaust was one of the worst periods in history. Learning about it teaches us of the crualty and evilness of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during the 2nd World War. History is told to repeat itself, and we learn about the Holocaust so that it never happens again.