Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was born to Alois and Klara Hitler on April 20th, 1889. His childhood was unhappy, but not totally miserable. His father wanted him to be a civil servant, but Adolf wanted to become a painter. Hitler did well in Elementary school, but later on he failed miserably, which he blamed his teachers for. His father died in 1903, and Adolf dropped out of school two years later. In "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle), the autobiography Hitler dictated while in Landsberg prison in 1924, he says the period in his life from 1905 to 1908 as "
the happiest days of my life
almost a dream." In those years he becamse obsessed with politics and developed his hatred for the Hapsburg monarchy. He applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, who rejected him, saying "test drawing unsatisfactory." In 1908, his mother died. A year later, he moved to Vienna and began what he called "the saddest period of my life." He lived first on the streets, then in a doss house, selling paintings of Vienna and continuing with his anti-semitic views. In 1913, he moved to Munich, to avoid Austrian military service. After listening to the Bavarian government's proclamation of war, he joined the 16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment, where he won, in 1918, the Iron Cross First Class, which was rarely awarded to ordinary soldiers. In January 1919, he joined the German Workers Party, a small, powerless talkshop group under the leadership of Anton Drexler. At the first major meeting, Hitler made a speech stating that Jews should be denied office and citizenship. A year later, the group changed it name to National Socialist German Workers Party'- the first Nazis. Hitler, now the obvious leader of the group, spoker for the first time in Berlin in 1921, and th...
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...greatest evil of the twentieth century. Few, if any centuries have seen a man who can be compared with him in all those characteristics. It may yet prove that Adolf Hitler was the greatest paradox of history." (Matanle 175). This is the last paragraph of the book, and it sums up Hitler perfectly. He was a political genius, although a little off his rocker, and he restored Germany after it's humiliation after World War I and the treaty of Versailles. Although Hitler was a great leader and politician, he was also a coward and ran from death several times. When the Americans invaded, he was supposed to lead his troops to fight, but deserted them and stayed in Berlin to die. But, even if he was a coward and deserted his own country, he was still one of the greatest leaders in history.
Bibliography
Matanle, Ivor. Adolph Hitler
New York, New York: Crescent Books, 1983
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria to Alois and Klara. When he was three years old, his family moved to Passau. Then in 1895 they moved to Hafeld. When he was thirteen, his father passed away leaving his mother, Klara, to raise Adolf and his sister Paula on her own. As a youngster, Hitler went to church regularly. He also spent a lot of time playing cowboys and Indians. His best childhood friend, August Kubizek claimed that Adolf was shy but often busted out in anger. The two became inseparable during their early years. In school, however, Hitler's record wasn't very good, he eventually dropped out before his tuition was over. He dropped out with dreams of becoming an artist. On December 21, 1908, Klara dies from breast cancer. In 1909, Hitler moves into flophouses and hostels in Vienna and stays for four years. Finally in 1913, Hitler leaves Vienna to move to Munich, Germany.
The Holocaust was one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever known. There were many key people who participated in this outrageous genocide however some get more attention then others. Adolf Eichmann is a classic example. Eichmann was a self-proclaimed “Jewish Specialist” and head of the Gestapo Department. Eichmann was responsible for keeping every train rolling right into the stations of the concentration and death camps during the holocaust. Now we will take a look into Eichmann’s childhood, life experiences, and his later actions to see what shaped into a man of hatred towards the Jewish race.
Although Hitler was not born in Germany, he led Germany in 1933 until his death on April 30, 1945. Adolf would do anything at the time to not be put into the Austrian military. He ended up moving to Munich, Germany in May of 1913 and he enlisted into the German army once World War I had started. Hitler earned the highest of honors that the German military gives out, the Iron Cross, which he had gotten two of. He acquired two major injuries throughout his time in the war. One occurred in October 1916 when a grenade had gone off and the shrapnel had hit him. The second was two years later in 1918 when Hitler went temporarily blind from being gassed. An armistice was claimed while Adolf was recovering from the gas attack, this made him furious to know that Germany had surrendered and felt deeply that its leaders had “stabbed in the back” the promise land (Smith).
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.
" Hitler had a brilliant mind. He brought Germany out of the post-war depression and created jobs, comraderies, and a better economy, yet he was very evil. He used his power, coercion, and manipulation to convince Germans to commit unthinkable atrocities against millions of innocent people. & nbsp; The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, marked the end of WW1 and the beginning of severe depression in Germany. The treaty mandated disarmament, heavy reparations, a loss of 15% of German territory, which in turn took 7 million of its citizens, 75% of its iron-ore, its entire Navy, and all merchant men (Siegel 3).
During the summer of 1941, Chancellor Adolf Hitler initialized “The Final Solution'; to the “Jewish Question';. Hitler started this program because he wanted to create a highly centralized state and one for the master race, Germans. Exterminating Jews was, for Hitler, the only way to create a perfect Germany because it would eliminate the ‘malignant tumors’, the race that caused Germany to lose World War One. Hitler’s decision to start exterminating Jews changed the course of history. In the end, over 6,000,000 Jews were killed and a Jewish state known as Israel, evolved.
Adolf Eichmann I will leap laughing to my grave, because the feeling that I have five million people on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction. -Adolf Eichmann On May 29, 1962, Adolf Eichmann was convicted and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, the Jewish people, and crimes during a time of war. Shortly after midnight on May 31, 1962, Adolf Eichmann was taken to the gallows at Ramle.
Adolf Hitler was born at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border of German Bavaria. As a young boy, Hitler found school easy and got good grades. He had even idolized the monks where he attended school at a Catholic Benedictine monastery at age seven. Hitler’s family moved to the village of Leonding in 1898. There a history teacher named Dr. Leopold Potsch touched Hitler’s imagination with exciting tales of Bismark and Frederick the Great. For young Hitler German nationalism quickly became an obsession.
Hitler still did business with Jewish shop owners in selling his paintings, however, the seeds of hate were planted and would be nurtured by events soon to come, laying the foundation for one of the greatest tragedies in all of human history. Adolf became a drifter for several years after both his parents passed away. Hitler volunteered for the German Army and in his first engagement against the British and Belgians near Pyres, 2,500of the 3,000 men in Hitler's regiment were killed, wounded or missing. This war experience gave Hitler what he needed to one day be a successful military leader. Adolf Hitler joined the committee of the German Workers' Party and entered politics. In the summer of 1920 Hitler chose the swastika for the National Socialist German Workers' Party, for short Nazi.
Hitler was born April 20, 1889 in the Austrian town Braunau am Inn. He was the fourth of six children, all belonging to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. Hitler was baptized as a Roman Catholic. After being enrolled in school, young Adolf excelled in school, promising a bright future. When it came time to decide what secondary school he was going to go into, Hitler dreamed of becoming an artist, however Hitler’s father wanted him to follow in his footsteps as a civil servant. While in technical high school in Linz, Austria, Hitler struggled, being held back his first two years. All while failing his schoolwork, Adolf did learn one thing- his newfound admiration of German Nationalism.
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party, Chancellor of Germany, and leader of Nazi Germany. Hitler was one of the most powerful and notorious dictators of the 20th century. Him invading Poland was one of the main causes of World War two. Eventually Germany was finally defeated in WWII, leaving them financially devastated, and politically unstable.
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. HIs father and he clashed frequently. He had a hard life as a young biy. In 1900, his younger brother, Edmund, died, his mother then died in 1903, and his father whom he did not get long with, did not pprove of jis interest of art. In addition to art, he also had an interest in German nationalism. Years later, he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice, and he was rejected both times. After that, Hitler moved into a homeless shelter since he was out of money. During these years is when he first sophisticated his anti-semitism. As WWI brokeout, he applied to s...
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1989, in Braunau-am Inn, located near the Austrian-German border. Hitler dropped out of school at age 16 with the hopes of becoming an artist in Vienna. However, his goal of becoming an artist failed and he spent time in Vienna listening to Karl Laagers ideas, especially his belief in anti-semitism. enlisted in the German Army at the Start of World War One. During this time, Hitler served in the Bavarian Regiment, achieved the rank of Corporal, was primarily a message runner, and narrowly escaped death on several occasions. When Germany surrendered, Hitler was outraged and wanted to keep fighting. In 1919, Hitler joined the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (later to become the Nazi Party) and was in Charge by 1921. In 1923, they attempted to overthrow the German government and Hitler served a 9 month jail term. By 1933, Hitler had the support of the German people and was named Chancellor by President Hindenburg and Nazis had the most power in Parliament.
-- a man who, even to this day has destroyed his reputation. The majority of Hitler actions were filled with artifice. Everything about this man was evil.
Adolf Hitler is known to be one of the “greatest” leaders in history who had abused his powers and had shattered his country apart. Born in 1889 in Austria, Hitler abused his powers because of his greedy ego and because of his narcissism. It all became with Hitler organizing a party called the National Socialist, most popularly know as the Nazi Party. The rise of the Nazi Party was the thing that led to the start of Hitler’s rein and his abuse of power. The Nazi Party eventually led Adolf Hitler to come to rule and had given Hitler the chance to take control the entire nation.