Adolf Hitler Born in the Austrian town of Braunau on April 20, 1889, Adolf was the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler. By 1900, young Adolf's talents as an artist surfaced. He did well enough in school to be eligible for either the university preparatory school or the technical/scientific Realschule. Because the technical/scientific Realschule had a course in drawing, Adolf enrolled in there. Adolf suffered from frequent lung infections, and he quit school at the age of 16, partially the result of ill health, but mainly the result of poor schoolwork. In 1906, Adolf traveled Vienna to seek his fortune, but he wasn't able to get admission to any prestigious art school. Hitler spent six years there, living on a small amount of money left for him from his father supplemented with an orphan's pension. On the verge of becoming penniless by 1909, he wandered Vienna as a transient, sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, including, ironically, those financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and the sharpening his debating skills. Vienna was a center of anti-Semitism, and the media's portrayal of Jews as scapegoats with stereotyped attributes did not escape Hitler's fascination. In May 1913, Hitler, trying to avoid military service, left Vienna for Munich, the capital of Bavaria. In January, the police came to his door bearing a draft notice from the Austrian government. The document threatened him a year in prison and also a fine if he was found guilty of leaving his country and trying to avoid military service. Hitler was arrested on the spot and taken to the Austrian Consulate. He was ... ... middle of paper ... ...cupied Europe at Normandy on the French coast. Then Italy, Germany's major ally under the leadership of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, had fallen. Several attempts were made on Hitler's life during the war, but none was successful. In 1945, as the war appeared to be inevitably lost, Hitler retreated to his underground bunker in Berlin where he ultimately killed himself on April 30, 1945. His long-term mistress and new bride, Eva Braun, joined him in suicide. By that time, one of his chief objectives was achieved with the annihilation of two-thirds of European Jewry. This man rose to power promising to restore Germany as a world power and establish the German people as the "master race". He was not German. His political views and anti-Semitism now seem very troubled. His legacy of death and destruction on a global scale effects the world even today.
After living in Braunau, the Hitler family decided to move to Linz in 1898 which is also the capital of upper Austria. Adolf, being interested in art wanted to pursue a career in visual arts, but his father fought with him often because he wanted Adolf to enter the Habsburg civil services. After his father died his mother, Klara Hitler agreed to let Adolf take on his dream of being an artist and go into a visual arts class using the money inherited from his fathers death. In the fall of 1907, Adolf applied to be enrolled into Vienna Academy of the Arts. Adolf failed to pass the test to get into the academy. After his mom passed away in the beginning of 1908, Adolf made the decision to the town of Vienna to try again at being accepted into the Academy of the Arts.
Confused and lost, Hitler joined the army and fought for Germany in World War I. However, an injury in 1918 left the soldier temporarily blind. It was during this period that Hitler learned of Germany's surrender, and this triggered the anger that lurked in the shadows of the terrible man's heart. It was this new rage that spurred Hitler's idea to overthrow the government. However, his plans were foiled when he was laughed at and thrown in jail.
In the Summer of 1941, Adolf Hitler started exterminating Jews and other non-Aryans, as a part of his plan to create a perfect Germany and to carry out his ‘Final Solution’ to the ‘Jewish Question’. Before exterminating 6,000,000 Jewish people, Adolf Hitler had already performed several actions which singled out the Jew as an evil person and one who should be killed. In 1923, Hitler was caught while trying to overturn the Bavarian government and was imprisoned for 5 years. In prison, he wrote the famed autobiography, Mein Kampf, in which he stated his first publicly known anti-Semitic beliefs and his ‘Final Solution’ to the ‘Jewish Question’. While imprisoned, there was a worldwide depression as economic markets crashed worldwide. This would help Hitler because once out of prison he would use this to help gain power both for the Nazi’s and for himself politically by promising better things to come in the future. In 1933, while preaching in front of a large Nazi crowd, Hitler used the Jews as scapegoats for Germany’s loss in World War One. “If at the beginning of the War and during the War twelve or fifteen thousand of these Hebrew corrupters of the people had been held under poison gas, as happened to hundreds of thousands of our very best German workers in the field, the sacrifice of millions at the front would not have been in vain.'; Many people were upset at the loss, and blaming the Jews made many people anti-Semites. Once he was named chancellor in 1933, Hitler preached about creating a Germany for true German people and a more centralized Germany. This included eliminating those who were non-Aryans and/or non-German. He would later detail about what a true German was in the Nuremberg Laws. He stated that Jews were not really Germans but instead, they were non-Aryan, and they were malignant tumors.
Between 1908 and 1913 the young Hitler unsuccessfully tried to set himself up as an artist there. The city had a large Jewish community just before the First World War. Jewish residents were 9% of the two million residents in Vienna, but the social climate was openly anti-Semitic. With an outspoken anti-Jewish mayor and many anti-Jewish newspapers and magazines there was no restriction on anti-Semitism, and Hitler was strongly influenced by this. Hitler and other Nazi leaders viewed the Jews not as a religious group, but as a poisonous “race,” which “lived off” the other races and weakened them (The Story of Anne Frank: Hitler’s
Hitler was the dictator by which this event was organized. Throughout the years of his rule, he led the mass murder of approximately 6 million people and as his life came to a close, he would show no signs of remorse. However, based on writings left behind, he instead still blamed the Jews for starting the issue. On April 30, 1945, the day after marrying his mistress, while in his bunker, he and his new wife would together take cyanide in which they would die together. During this, Hitler would also shoot himself with a pistol out of determination to die and remorse for a struggling Germany6.
Starting as early as 1944, the Allies were advancing on the Germans finally and they began taking over their camps. In July 1944, Maidanek, a camp in Poland, was liberated by the Soviets. This was followed by many more liberations and takeovers as the Americans and other Allies slowly removed Hitler from power. In January 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. This was the biggest camp in the Nazi territory and it was also the one where the most deaths occurred. The liberation of this camp was a major milestone in the end of the Holocaust.When the Allied forces finally invaded Germany in 1945, Adolf Hitler knew he had been defeated. Whether out of cowardice and fear of punishment, or based on Nazi ideals of death before dishonor, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in April of 1945 before the Allies had a chance to capture him. Thousands of Nazis committed suicide during this year, as they were taught that it was a more favorable option than being captured and punished for their beliefs. However, hundreds more were caught and punished for their involvement in the
To avoid military duty in Austria Hitler relocated to Munich just as World War I commenced. Appreciating German customs and traditions he soon became a part of the Bavarian- German army. Although proving to be very courageous amongst his fellow- men Hitler did not advance in highe...
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...
Schooling was one of the main things that set Hitler off in the real world. At age 11 he was very popular among friends. As of well, he was excellent in school. He received the highest marks in all of his classes. Problem was, was that when he hit age 12 he all of the sudden became the least desirable in his school. Then instead of receiving the highest marks he received the lowest marks in his classes. In 1900 his father took notice of this problem then withdrew him from school and sent him to a civil servant school named Realschule. In 1904 he quit Realschule and joined another school named Steyr only to quit in 1905. For 2 years he did no schooling and only art. His dream even as a child was to be an artist but for a short time he wanted to be a priest. When his 2 years of art was done he thought that his art was great so he traveled to Vienna, Austria for it. When he took the entrance exam he ended up failing tremendously. He tried the exam again but failed again. That then brought Hitler to a dark depression and he disappeared for 5 years.
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.
Hitler used propaganda and manufacturing enemies such as Jews and five million other people to prepare the country for war.” (Jewish Virtual Library).... ... middle of paper ... ... Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide at the same time.
When Adolf was just sixteen years old he dropped out of high school. He liked to spend most of his time wandering the city of Linz, Austria. Visiting museums, attending operas and dreaming of becoming an artist were things he loved to do on his free time. In the spring time of 1906
Hitler also states how he became a devoted German Nationalist in his youth, singing the nationals anthem with great pride. After his mother and father died, Hitler moved to the city of Vienna making a living as a part time artist selling his paintings and working odd jobs, all the while purchasing books with little money he had in order to further educate himself. While living in Vienna Hitler spent much of his time observing the Austrian parliament and their chaotic and unorganized forms of politics. Hitler then moves to the city of Minchin before World War I out break, where he decides to be the most content in his life. After the our break of World War I, Hitler is accepted to join the Bavarian Army, much to Hitler’s pleasure as it was is dream to represent his nation
German war under Hitler was so powerful at the beginning of World War II. Later, the Germany became weaker and weaker as they go through the battles. In 1943, at the battle of Stalingrad, the allied troops invade Berlin. He married Eva Braun on April 29, 1945 and wrote his final political testament. The next day (April 30, 1946) they killed themselves using poison tablets when they realize that they are no longer safer. Seven days after Hitler’s Death, Germany Surrendered.
Eva Braun, his wife of one day, committed suicide with him at age 33 by taking cyanide. Along with his own suicide he ordered his dog, Blondi and her puppies, be killed as well. Hitler also gave specific instructions on what to be done with his and Eva’s bodies; they were wrapped in a blanket and placed in the garden of the chancellery. By May 1945, the Germans and their collaborators had murdered six million European Jews as part of a systematic plan of genocide—the Holocaust. When Allied troops entered the concentration camps, they discovered piles of corpses, bones, and human ashes—testimony to Nazi mass murder. For survivors, the prospect of rebuilding their lives was daunting. World War II ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Hitler had committed suicide. Victory in Europe (VE Day) celebrates the end of the Second World War on 8 May 1945. Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 led to the outbreak of World War II, and by 1941 Nazi forces had occupied much of Europe. Hitler’s invasion on only Poland alone caused a world wide outbreak of wars. Approxamately six million Polish perished in World War II: about one fifth of the pre-war