Analysis Of Hitler's Inner Circle

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The fourth key member of Hitler’s inner circle is the German Architect Albert Speer. He was a brilliant Architect, the drawings of his buildings were what drew Hitler to recruiting Speer. Many architects dream of being able to build their own building and be able to look upon to with pride. Hitler was able to take it step further with Speer. Hitler gave him the opportunity to build complete cities. From the start Speer was completely under the influence of Hitler and built anything that he needed. The actual gas chambers used to kill thousands of Jewish people and the crematories the bodies were burned in were all the design of Albert Speer. The fifth key member of Hitler’s inner circle is Balder Von Schirach was the leader of the Hitler Youth. …show more content…

He played a huge role in the events that unfolded and just like Napoleon was a absolute genius. He was able to assess any situation and know exactly what course of action to take and how to eliminate his opposition. Though some of it was luck that these opportunities presented themselves it take a true genius to be able to capitalize on those opportunities and use them to your advantage. If I had to put it in terms of a percentage of how much of Hitler’s rise to power and how much was pure luck I would estimate that it was 70% skill/genius and 30% luck. You cannot excel as fast as he did to the heights that he did without having the skills to do …show more content…

There is no doubt that Hitler is one of the best speakers that has ever lived. He had the ability to completely capture the attention of everyone in Germany with his speeches. Everywhere he went there were crowds of people hoping for the chance to get a glimpse of a man who they saw as a God. He had this aura about him that just memorized people and made them go crazy. When he spoke he would often have to take large pauses to wait for the large amount of applause to cease before starting again. He spoke in a way that made him seem relatable to the people thus enhancing their belief in him even more. His speaking ability combined with his charisma were perfect for getting people to love him and follow him. When historians examine Hitler’s rise to power there are thousands of different factors that go into how it happened and there are a endless amount of theories to how it happened. With the research that I have conducted I believe that answer for how Hitler rose to power can be summed up in a single phrase. He took advantage of the needy pessimistic world around him using his speaking ability and charisma to gain power. Once he had enough power he could slowly move everything into place so that no one could challenge him without having to defeat his massive group of followers ( SA, SS, Hitler Youth, German

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