Adolf Hitler And The Nazi Party

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Hitler’s full name was Adolf Hitler. His birthplace was Braunau am Inn, Austria (Hitler). He was born on April 20, 1889 (Hitler). His parents, Alois and Klara Hitler, both died before he reached the age of 20 (Hitler). His only sister that reached adulthood was Paula (Hitler).
In World War One, Hitler was a German soldier. He survived this war as a soldier. Germany eventually surrendered in this war and signed the Versailles Treaty which left Hitler angry at the leaders of Germany (Hitler). Hitler was so enraged at the leaders that he began to start his campaign in politics (Hitler). He later joined a political party where he later was elected leader (Hitler facts). The reason why Hitler joined this political party was because he was angry at the Jewish doctor who doctored his mother when she died of cancer (Hitler). Once he became the leader, he changed the name of the party from the German Worker’s Party to National Socialist German Worker’s Party which is more commonly known as the Nazi Party (Hitler). He made the symbol of the Nazi Party a swastika with a red background and a white circle. Hitler started to campaign, which got him more attention and more supporters of the Nazi Party (Hitler).
In the 1932 election, the Nazi Party gained about 40% of the votes for the German Parliament which was the most votes of the election leaving the Nazi Party as the controlling political party (Hitler). Hitler was appointed chancellor of the German government and he used his title to gain absolute power over the nation after the president died in office (Hitler). Later, he took the role of leader and dictator of Germany.
Hitler wanted to improve and increase his army. He also wanted to make Germany larger (Hitler). Although this inte...

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... was a cross on top of a circle (Roon, Ger Van, and Ludlow 152).
The Kreisau Circle also had underground activities inside of Germany (Roon, Ger Van, and Ludlow 111). This kind of underground activities was similar to the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad might have been inspired because of these activities. Contact with the military resistance was important for the Kreisau Circle because they were going to attempt to kill Hitler, although that was their original importance (Roon, Ger Van, and Ludlow 167).
They were not successful killing Hitler, although it is considered their greatest accomplishment (Roon, Ger Van, and Ludlow 269). The Kreisau Circle members were hung, and the arrest of von Moltke led to the end of the circle (Roon, Ger Van, and Ludlow 275). Hitler eventually committed suicide with his wife, the day after their wedding (Hitler).

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