Hitler´s Motive to Overthrow the German Government

The Holocaust began with a single man. A man who was deranged, yet had a passion for art and reading. A killer who was undeniably smart and was able to create brilliant plans. An individual who fought in a war for Germany but was responsible for the mass murder of millions of people who lived within its boundaries. His name was Adolph Hitler.

Hitler was born in April of 1889 to a saddened mother. He was the youngest of several children who had all died in their youth, and this great loss had taken a great toll on both of his parents. Adolph's father was an elderly man who did not involve himself in his son's life and died when Adolph was still a young boy. Klara Hitler, on the other hand, played a larger role in Adolph's life as he became and artist. So it was a tragic blow for the young man when his mother died of cancer in 1907. Despite this terrible event, Hitler applied to the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, where he was denied. Undettered, Hitler reapplied soon after, but was not accepted.

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.

Adolph was sentenced to five long years in prison, yet he only stayed for nine months. In fact, the only reason that Hitler's time behind bars was shortened was for the book, Mein Kamph, that he wrote while in prison. Mein Kamph outlined Hitler's political ideas and thoughts about the "i...

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... publish his daughter's diary as a book, and it has since sold countless copies throughout the world. Anne's life was one of the many that was taken during this violent period. In fact, over six million Jews were killed while Germany was under Hitler's control. By the time of Germany's surrender, over eleven million people (spanning over all ethics and religions) were declared dead.

Things were obviously very out of hand by the time America joined the war. To this day, we have learned through our mistakes and now realize that something to this degree must never happen again. By discovering the traumatizing effects of Hitler's rule, our country and its people realize that we must choose to act before it is too late. It is for this reason that we study the Holocaust. We must do all in our power to ensure that history does not repeat itself in this dreadful manner.