Adolf Hitler's Impact On The World

One of the most prominent names in the history of the world is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler’s impact on the twentieth century is much more than any other man. Whether this impact is considered good or not, it does not matter.

Hitler’s influence on the world, although not a good one, is unquestionable. Many leaders have had inspirations of ruling the world, but few of those leaders have had the strength or power to even attempt world domination. But Hitler was one of those few, his ability to lead a group into a fight for immoral purposes, and total control over Germany led to his dominance. Hitler’s promise to Germany to bring the country back to a major power status lured the country into his rule. Germany had visions of power and greatness,

While there is evidence that Hitler’s father regularly beat him during his childhood, it was not unusual for discipline to be enforced in that way during that period (Davidson 58-67). So you can see that Hitler’s childhood was very unbalanced. By 1900, Hitler 's talents as an artist surfaced. He did well enough in school to be eligible for either the university preparatory "gymnasium" or the technical/scientific Realschule. Because the Realschule had a course in drawing, Hitler accepted his father 's decision to enroll him in the Realschule. Hitler would not last long there, partially because of illness, and partially because he was not doing well grade wise. So he dropped out of school at the age of sixteen. In 1906, Adolf was permitted to visit Vienna, but he was unable to get into the art school there. Hitler spent six years in Vienna, living on a small income from his father and an orphan 's pension. Virtually penniless by 1909, he wandered Vienna sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, including those financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and debating skills. However,

Hitler electrified the audience with his motivational speeches. The motivation Hitler used was to bring Germany to power. He said he would act on the loss of World War I, and redeem Germany’s status. Jews were the principal targets of Hitler’s Plan to compensate for the losses in World War I. Hitler pushed the idea that the Jews were at fault, and something must be done to revamp Germany’s stature (Davidson 115-123). Also adding to Hitler’s plan, were revoking the Versailles Treaty, keeping war profits, revoking civil rights for Jews, and expelling those Jews who had emigrated into Germany after the war began. The Jews were a major part of Hitler 's plans, and the blame of the Jews only increased. Inflation, political instability, unemployment, and the humiliation in the war, were all problems that the Jews played scapegoat too. Hitler’s party was gaining an audience, and the name of the party was changed to the National Socialist German Worker 's party. The red flag with the swastika was adopted as the party symbol. And Hitler was now at full force. A local newspaper that appealed to anti-Semites was on the verge of bankruptcy, and Hitler raised funds to purchase it for the party. With the new paper, and the growing problems of the country, the Nazi party began drawing thousands of new members, many of whom were victims of the inflation and found comfort in blaming the Jews for this trouble. Economic