The Effects of an Assassinated Hitler

On April 20, 1889 the world saw the birth the m ost infamous and dangerous man in history. The birth of Adolph Hitler in Upper Austria that spring day would change the world forever, and would scar millions of families across the world. The power and control that Hitler would acquire throughout his life was truly unprecedented. His ability to lead the people of Germany into the most devastating and atrocious mass murder in the history of the world was truly astounding. The death toll that Hitler would create throughout Europe and the rest of the world was unfathomable. The shocking reality of the Holocaust and World War II has begged this question for decades; what if Hitler was assassinated? The world will never know the true effects of a successful attempt on Hitler’s life, but there were attempts, many attempts. How the world would be different today if just one of these attempts had been successful? Depending on the time of the attempt, I will show that a successful assassination of Adolph Hitler could have prevented the entire war in Europe and spared millions of innocent lives.

Hitler was born in a normal family in a village of Austria near the Austro-German border. His Father was named Alois Hitler and was an officer for the state working at the border a few miles away. His mother was named Klara and was a typical home worker of the time. She had given birth to two previous children who had both died before the age of three1. Klara would give birth to two more children, Edmund, and Paula. Edmund too would die as a child, and Paula would outlive Adolph. The death of so many siblings was said to have a negative effect on Adolph.

During his childhood Adolph was an especially poor student. He never excelled in typical sc...

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