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ADOLF HITLER
1. THE BEGINNING
At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child
was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the
child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois
Hitler, and his third wife Klara.
As a young boy Adolf attendated church regulary and sang in
the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which
resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi
party. He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in
most of his classes. However in his last year of school he
failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and
Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a
total of 10 years in school. From childhood one it was his dream
to become an artist or architect. He was not a bad artist, as
his surviving paintings and drawings show but he never showed any
originality or creative imagination. To fullfil his dream he had
moved to Vienna the capital of Austria where the Academy of arts
was located. He failed the first time he tried to get admission
and in the next year, 1907 he tried again and was very sure of
success. To his surprise he failed again. In fact the Dean of
the academy was not very impressed with his performance, and gave
him a really hard time and said to him "You will never be
painter." The rejection really crushed him as he now reached a
dead end. He could not apply to the school of architecture as he
had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live
the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the
dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate
what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would
have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little
less critical, the world might have been spared the nightmare
into which this boy was eventually to plunge it.
2. WORLD WAR I
While living in Vienna Hitler he made his living by drawing
small pictures of famous landmarks which he sold as post cards.
But he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small
paper which claimed that the Araban race was superior to all and
was destined to rule the world. The paper blamed Communists and
Jews for all their problems and hitler agreed to those views.
Hitler agree with most of the points made in the publication. He
continued to live a poor live in Vienna and in 1913 decided to
move to Munich. Still living in Vienna and being Austrain by
birth, Hitler showed more loyalty to the Geramny. He thought
that the Aryan race was destined to rule the world. Many believe
that he tried to escape the draft but it was never proven. His
live in Munich was not much better then before and he continued
to be poor. Then in 1914 World War I broke out and Hitler saw
this as a great opportunity to show his loyalty to the
"fatherland" by volunteering for the Imperial army. He did not
want to fight in the Austrian Army. Hitler was a good soldier.
Many of political opponents claimed that he was a coward but
records clearly show that he was not. He received to awards of
bravery but never achieved a high Rank.
In 1918 Germany surrendered and Hitler was very upset about
the loss. He believed that it was the Jews and the Communists
who betrayed the "fatherland" and it was here that his disliking
of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in
chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many
groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group
staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including
Hitler managed to hold them back.
3. THE NAZI PARTY
Since there were not many chances for employment Hitler
stayed in the army. Hitler was assigned the job of going go to
various meetings of groups which sprang up like mushrooms and to
report on them. One day September 12, 1919 - a fateful day in
history, Hitler was sent to investigate a small group which
called itself the "German Workers Party". Hitler was not to
happy about his assignment. He thought it wouldn't be worth it
to even go. At the group mainly talked about the Countries
problem and how the Jews, communists and others where threatening
the master race and offered their own solutions. Hitler was
bored by the meeting but when a man stood up and claimed that
Bavaria should separate from Germany, Hitler got up and argued
that point. He argued that Germany and germans must unite into
one to survive. His natural ability to speak imprest the leader
of the group and at the end of the meeting he gave Hitler a
pamphlet and an initiation the next meeting. He wasn't
interested in attending but after reading the hand out he
accepted. He later joined the German Workers Party and was in
charge of Propaganda. The party was small at first but Hitler's
great skill at deliberating speeches attracted more and more
listeners and it soon became a major party with many followers.
Eventually Adolf Hitler became it's leader and the rest as they
say....is history.
4. HITLER IN POWER
While spending time in prison for trying to overthrow the
government Adolf Hitler wrote his famous book "Mein Kampf", in
which he describes many problems and where he states that the
Jews and communists were responsible for those problems. He also
decided on the "Final Solution" to the "Jewish Question". It was
his goal to eliminate the Jewish race from the European
continent. It is interesting to look and see how a small time
boy from Austria with no education, money or political background
could become within a few years the leader of big nation such as
Germany. Historians believe that Hitler saw a great opportunity
to get his views across to the German people who have lost all
hope. Of course people did not start to support him right away.
After he came into power, the Nazi party took control over every
aspect of every day life. Hitler ordered the creation of a
special police force to make sure that all opponents would be
elimanted, the Gestapo. He also gave orders to set up a special
force which would be used to transport and take care of all
political prisioners and people thought to be inferior. The name
of the force was the feared SS. Mass propaganda was used to
persuade the German people that the "Fuhrer" would make the
country strong and powerful again. They also used propaganda
against the Jews and other minority groups which were considered
enemies. Teachers had to belong to the Nazi party, and children
were taught that Jews very the source of all their problems.
Since the country was in chaos after the war, and was forced to
pay billions in damages, The Germans saw hope in Adolf Hitler.
In the late 20's the depression hit which made the situation even
worse.
Hitler in his speeches blamed the Jews and Communists for
their misfortunes and many listed. Unemployment was very high at
that time standing at about 25%. Hitler also spoke out against
the unfairness of the Versailles treaty. Germany lost a lot of
its territory. The Empire was no more. He believed the pure
Araban race is destined to rule the world and wanted to build an
Empire that would last a 1000 years. He preached that all
Germans must unite in order for this goal to succeed.
Hitler publicly stated his views on the Jews. But the Jews
of Germany didn't see Hitler as a great threat at first. However
when Hitler became chancellor and eventually took over totally
they changed their mind. The first thing he did was to take the
Jews their right to vote. Soon they were not allowed to marry
with a pure german, they could not hold positions such as
teachers, doctors lawyers,..and so on. Many Jews only then
realized that he was serious and many fled Germany. Why did so
many Germans follow Hitler? When he took power the economy was
basically non existent. Many looked for answers and hope.
Hitler was their answer. He promised to rebuild the Glorious
Germany of the past. First he started to build up the Wehrmacht.
Germany was not allowed to have more than 100,000 men, but Hitler
broke the treaty and gave orders to increase that number.
Factories started putting out weapons and people now had jobs.
To the Germans this was a very good sign. Mass rallies were
held, where Hitler continued to use his powers of speech on the
German people.
5. THE ROAD TO WAR
At first the allies did nothing about the fact that Hitler
broke the Treaty. He gave speeches in which he indicated that
the German people needed living space. Later he Marched into the
Reihnland, and area which Germany lost. Next He moved into
Austria, his home country and annexed it without a shoot being
fired into the Reich. Following Austria, he wanted control of
the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia which was mainly German
speaking. He also achieved that goal. The allies didn't want
another war so they led Hitler do what he wanted to, but when he
Attacked Poland on September 1st, 1939 the allies no longer stood
by and watched. Britain and France declared war on Germany a few
days after later, World War II began.
6. THE DARK SIDE
After the Wehrmacht conquered and occupied a territory the
SS quickly followed. They would round up Jews, Communists,
Gypsies, Homosexuals and others which were viewed as "Inferior"
according to Nazi racial theory and enemies of the German people
and put on trains. They were all sent to Concentration camps,
which were set up to implement the 'final solution'. Camps such
as Auschwitz, Treblinka, Bergen Belsen were all equipped with gas
chambers to make the killing process quick and efectfull. In
those camps 6 million Jews and many others were killed by the
Nazis. Hitler's army seemed unstoppable but in the end, the
allies managed to win many decisive battles. Eventually on Aril
30th, 1945 Hitler committed suicide in his bunker by shooting
himself in the mouth. His body was burned, but no ones knows
what happened to the "Fuhrer's" ashes. On May 7th, 1945 Germany
surrendered unconditionally.
7. THE MAN
Hitler was one of the most, if not the most cruel man to
ever walk the face of the earth. His believe of the
superiorority of the "Aryan" race made him hate all others. He
believed that the slaws to the east should be made work for the
German people. He thought of blacks as being "Sub-human". And
Most of all he hated the Jews. So much that in early 1945, when
equipment and manpower was badly needed on the front Hitler
insisited on man and equipment staying and continuing to tranport
Jews to the camps. In his Testament he left his money to his
family. And message to the Germany people "Above all I charge
the leaders of the nation and those under them to scrupulous
observance of the laws of race and to merciless opposition to the
universal poisoner of all peoples, international Jewry."
The only people which would be spared where the
Scandinavians to the north, since they were closely related to
the German race. With Hitler's death the Nazi party quickly
fated. But there is still a lot of tension in todays Germany.
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