Death, blood, violence, hatred, segregation, these are only but a few words that could describe the horrors one man caused to too many people across Europe, and across the world. It seems strange that this same man once had the ambition to be a priest in his Catholic Church, or the fact that he was even catholic. Even more strange, is the fact that Hitler had dreams of becoming a professional painter instead of a war leader. It could have taken just a simple push to cause Hitler to avoid causing the malice events he caused to too many people. If we look closely, Hitler’s life could be separated into a series of segments that will automatically go in chronological order to tell a tale of severe suffering of innocent lives. The main points in which one could mainly focus on is: Hitler’s childhood, how he came into power, how he got allies, the holocaust, Hitler’s death, and what his real plans were for success.
On April 20, 1889 Braunau, Austria-Hungry gave birth to a soon to be well known man, Adolf Hitler. His father, Alois Hitler, was a customs official and his mother, Klara Hitler, was a kind-hearted lady to her son. Hitler was one of five siblings, but he did not have to compete for his mother’s love for three of his four siblings died either due to the outbreak of diphtheria that was spreading at the time, or the measles. Only his sister, Paula Hitler, was able to survive to adulthood. As time went by, Alois and his family kept moving from place to place, moving from Braunau to Passau, then Hafeld. For six months, Hitler lived across a Catholic monastery. He joined the church choir and was best known for his gifted voice. In this same monastery he first witnessed the swastika, which would later be used as the Nazi’s main sy...
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...throw the Treaty of Versailles, and they wanted to destroy the Soviet Communism that was going on in their time. On November 1, 1936, Germany and Italy signed a treaty of friendship to fight together. Then on September 27, 1940 Italy, Japan, and Germany signed a pact that will make them known as the Axis alliance. This comes to show that anyone who had a common interest with Germany was allied with Hitler but those who opposed were known as their enemies and should be defeated. This was all in Hitler’s mind, and he would let nothing get in his way of world domination.
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From the time Hitler and the Nazi’s took control of Germany in 1933 until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, the aim of the regime under the calculating guidance of Hitler himself sought no less than global conquest. This ambitious objective can be further dissected into short term and long term goals that provide insight into Hitler’s character, thoughts and actions.
A.J.P. Taylor believes that Hitler did not plan or desire for a world war to occur. Many historians have judged Hitler’s intentions when preparing his military as deliberate proof of his strategizing for an expansive war. The justification for Hitler's military plans according to Taylor, was that he viewed other countries as a threat to him and the restoration of Germany. As a result, both sides believed the other was preparing aggressively against them. Germany, Britain, and many other countries directed their generals to prepare for war. Taylor uses this to prove that Hitler’s preparation was not peculiar, or specific to only Germany; everyone during that time was preparing for a possible war.
The Holocaust began with a single man. A man who was deranged, yet had a passion for art and reading. A killer who was undeniably smart and was able to create brilliant plans. An individual who fought in a war for Germany but was responsible for the mass murder of millions of people who lived within its boundaries. His name was Adolph Hitler.
Hitler was born in Austria, but was a German soldier. He was thrown in jail by the Nazi government for trying to overthrow it. While he was imprisoned he wrote a book called "Mein Kampf", which tranlates to "my struggle" in English. Soon after he finished the book he was let out of jail early for good behavior. After that he slowly tried to make his way up the government. Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
The ideologies of the Axis Powers were brief excerpts that gave us a small glimpse into the mind and thought processes of Adolf Hitler as well as the fundamental thinking patterns of the Japanese authoritarian regime. The questions that will be addressed in this essay are: From what concrete conditions did the ideas expressed in these documents arise? Why did they achieve such widespread popularity? To what extent might persons even in the Western democracies find such ideas persuasive in the 1930’s?
Adolf Eichmann was born on March 19, 1906 near Cologne, Germany, into a middle class Protestant family. His family moved to Austria early in Eichmann’s life, following the death of his mother. He spent his childhood in Linz, Austria, which also is the hometown of Adolf Hitler. As a child, Eichmann was teased about his looks and dark complexion, and was given a nickname by his cla...
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria as son of Alois Schickelgruber Hitler, an Austrian custom office and his third wife Klara Polzi. Hitler was born in a middle class family. As a child Adolf had strong leadership qualities. Even as a child he showed racial discrimination towards Non-Aryan races. He was a top excellent student in the elementary school, but he didn’t do well in his High School. So, his father told him to become a Civil Servant. But, Adolf dream was to become an artist. Later, he wrote: “I yawned and grew sick to my stomach at the thought of sitting in an office, deprived of my liberty; ceasing to be the master of my own time and being compelled to force the content of a whole life into blanks that had to be filled out” (Haugen, 20). At the age of 16, Hitler dropped out of high school. After his father’s death he moved to Vienna in hope of becomin...
Most people in the world only think of one thing when the name Adolf Hitler is said. They think of the horrific thing he did to the non-Aryan population. Although these actions are terrible and unforgiveable, Hitler was not always that sort of person. He started his life in a much different way and was actually an extremely intelligent individual. He was innovative and brilliant, and had originally moved to Vienna to become an artist, but his intentions shifted into something much more sinister over time. Through an exploration of his life, it is easy to see that there is much more to Hitler then just the Holocaust.
First I like to think of Hitler's own tragic life. Denied of love from his parent, his biggest dream, to be an artist, taken away. Then in the country he fought hard to defend, mustard gas was thrown at his face. Imagine being in the hospital, only to find out the place you have risked your own life for has surrendered, and worse yet, taken the blame for the war. All of this, and nothing ever will, excuse what Hitler felt was okay to do to anyone, but it does give insight, to possibly why he may have done the things he did. Why he felt it would be okay to kill thousands of the races he discriminated agianst.
“The History Place- Rise of Hitler: Hitler’s Book “Mein Kampf”” Hitler’s Book “Mein Kampf” The History Place, 1996. Web. 18 May 2014
...one significant address open to question. Why would Hitler do such ghastly things, and how could his psyche uncovered doing these. Well Hitler as a young person had an exceptionally rough life. He was beaten as a youngster by his father. A great deal of his kin kicked the bucket. He was dropped out of school on the grounds that he missed so much school and got behind. To top everything of he battled his heart out in war, soon after he couldn't battle any longer, he heard that Germany surrendered. He was a very discouraged man. So one ought to acknowledge what happen in his life before they attempt and make sense of anything that happen. It is not a reason for his repulsive movements, yet may clarify why he did what he did. This horrible disaster has numerous things numerous individuals don't comprehend, for them to comprehend they have to research the Holocaust.
Such a mastermind behind the Nazis force was once a child with a difficult life. During most of his childhood, he lived a very reserved and different life from others. On April 20, 1889, Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, a town located near the borders of Austria-Hungary. As a son of fifty-two year old Alois Schickelgruber Hitler and his third wife, Klara Hitler, a twenty-eight year old peasant girl, Adolf Hitler was a resentful and disgruntled child. Growing up with lack of affection from his strictly father, Hitler’s hostility became deeply toward him over the years. However, he was very attached to his mother, who was a kind and hardworking woman. Even though Hitler’s grades in elementary school were good, he did not satisfy his harsh father with poor m...
At the age of 13, Hitler’s father passed away, leaving him in charge of the family. He remained in school, but still struggled. Now that his father was not there to force life as a civil servant, Hitler became interested in art once again. He left technical school to become an artist. However, Hitler’s mother was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Hitler was conflicted with his choices, whether to chase his dreams to become and artist or stay and take care of his mother. Hitler decided to withdraw his life savings to move to Vienna, where each October an entrance exam was held for acceptance into art school. Unfortunately, he failed the exam and his mother lost her battle with cancer. Now Hitler was parentless and homeless, sleeping on benches in Vienna.
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party who made a commanding impact on World War II. Hitler became a man of great power over a short period of time. Although he was not elected to be chancellor of Germany until 1933, there were events that occurred before that led to his greatness. He was born in Austria however he was the absolute ruler of Germany. In view of that fact that Hitler became chancellor, Hitler believed that he could do anything, which caused the Enabling Act. “…The Enabling Act, which suspended the constitution for four years and allowed Nazi laws to take effect without parliamentary approval”(Hunt & Martin, 850). Hitler was able to bolt for freedom with anything he had a desire for. The way that he led his Nazi-Germans was contrasting because no other leader, dictator, or commander was ever able to do what Hitler was able to. “At the same time, the media allowed authoritarian rulers and would-be dictators such as Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler to shape uniform political thought and to control citizens’ behavior far beyond what previous rulers had been able to do” (Hunt & Martin, 829). Adolf Hitler has made a substantial effect on society during his time, and still has today.
Hitler saw that most of Germany didn’t fit this picture at all, so he decided to solve it in one of the most awful ways possible. The mass murder, or Holocaust of over six million Jews, and long with the innocent Blacks, Gays, Gypsies, and both physically and mentally Handicapped. He mostly targeted the Jewish because in World War II, the Jewish was the main reason why Germany lost in World War II. This mass murder lasted over years and years of murder, forced lab...