Adolf hitler
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 as the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler in Braunau, Austria. He had two siblings that died young from diphtheria and one died shortly after birth. At three years old, Hitler and his family moved to Passau, on the German side of the border, and there two years later he had a brother named Edmond. The family then moved once again in 1895 to Hafeld, where another sister, Paula was born in 1896. Following another family move, Adolf lived for six months across from a large Benedictine monastery, a community of people of a certain religion. The monastery's coat of arms' most important feature was a swastika, that would later be the symbol of Hitler’s strong beliefs.
There is reliable evidence that Hitler was regularly beaten by his father, during his childhood. However, is not certain if it was just enforced discipline. Despite, the so-called beatings Hitler had dreams and talents too. As a young child, Hitler's dream was to become a priest and was a talented artist, that did well enough in school. Hitler accepted his father's decision to enroll him in the Realschule, a prestigious art school, however he did not succeed there.
In 1903, Hitler’s father died after suffering a pleural hemorrhage. Hitler also suffered from lung infections, and he quit school at the age of 16, partially because of his health and poor schoolwork. In 1906, Adolf was permitted to visit Vienna, but he was unable to gain admission to a prestigious art school. Then on December 21, 1907, Hitler’s mother died after she had an operation to treat her developed terminal breast cancer and her doctor just so happened to be a Jewish doctor who served the poor. In 1909, Hitler wandered Vienna for a short period of time sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and debating skills. According to John Toland's biography, Adolf Hitler, two of his closest friends at this time were Jewish, and he admired Jewish people involved with the arts. However, Vienna was a center of anti-Semitism, and the media's portrayal of Jews as scapegoats with stereotyped attributes did not escape Hitler's fascination.
In May 1913, Hitler, seeking to avoid military service, left Vienna for Munich, the capital of Bavaria, but in January the police came to his door with a draft threatening a year in prison and a fine if he was found guilty of leaving his native land with the intent of evading enlistment. Hitler was arrested on the spot and taken to the Austrian Consulate.
That was Hitler’s early life, but what happened later in his lifetime was something extreme that most are familiar with. Hitler became an Austrian-born German politician and leader of the Nazi party. Being one of the best speakers of the party, he told the other members of the party to either make him leader of the party, or, he would never return. He was aided in part by his willingness to use violence in advancing his political objectives and to recruit party members who were willing to do the same. As a result, he became chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. While in power, Hitler wanted to abolish and exploit the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was later involved in the start of World War II because after Hitler pronounced himself dictator of Germany other nations came to aid Poland.
A Nazi propaganda featuring Adolf Hitler.
There is reliable evidence that Hitler was regularly beaten by his father, during his childhood. However, is not certain if it was just enforced discipline. Despite, the so-called beatings Hitler had dreams and talents too. As a young child, Hitler's dream was to become a priest and was a talented artist, that did well enough in school. Hitler accepted his father's decision to enroll him in the Realschule, a prestigious art school, however he did not succeed there.
In 1903, Hitler’s father died after suffering a pleural hemorrhage. Hitler also suffered from lung infections, and he quit school at the age of 16, partially because of his health and poor schoolwork. In 1906, Adolf was permitted to visit Vienna, but he was unable to gain admission to a prestigious art school. Then on December 21, 1907, Hitler’s mother died after she had an operation to treat her developed terminal breast cancer and her doctor just so happened to be a Jewish doctor who served the poor. In 1909, Hitler wandered Vienna for a short period of time sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and debating skills. According to John Toland's biography, Adolf Hitler, two of his closest friends at this time were Jewish, and he admired Jewish people involved with the arts. However, Vienna was a center of anti-Semitism, and the media's portrayal of Jews as scapegoats with stereotyped attributes did not escape Hitler's fascination.
In May 1913, Hitler, seeking to avoid military service, left Vienna for Munich, the capital of Bavaria, but in January the police came to his door with a draft threatening a year in prison and a fine if he was found guilty of leaving his native land with the intent of evading enlistment. Hitler was arrested on the spot and taken to the Austrian Consulate.
That was Hitler’s early life, but what happened later in his lifetime was something extreme that most are familiar with. Hitler became an Austrian-born German politician and leader of the Nazi party. Being one of the best speakers of the party, he told the other members of the party to either make him leader of the party, or, he would never return. He was aided in part by his willingness to use violence in advancing his political objectives and to recruit party members who were willing to do the same. As a result, he became chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. While in power, Hitler wanted to abolish and exploit the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was later involved in the start of World War II because after Hitler pronounced himself dictator of Germany other nations came to aid Poland.
- I asked Hitler about National Socialism and he said that National Socialism is the ideology of Nazism, which is a variety of fascism. His definition of fascism was that it is an important political system that is based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and loyalty to the state and its leader. He made it clear that he was a great leader that only wanted success and prosperity for his country. He was also in charge of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party and its members were called the Nazis. They were represented by a symbol called a swastika. According to Hitler, Germans were the superior race that descended from the Aryan race. To the Germans, all other races were inferior. Jews and blacks were at the bottom of the race ladder. The Germans especially, had a strong hatred for Jews. The Nazis accused Jews of obstructing their conquering path of the "master race." National Socialism and Fascism had a part in the causes of World War II. Countries were realizing that maybe they needed to improve their political systems. Nazism is basically National Socialism and it is the basis of their policies and ideas. Propaganda is items used to publicize an opinion or idea. It is related to Hitler’s fascist ideas because it was used to get people to join and follow Hitler’s beliefs. Totalitarianism is a political system in which a single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives. It was related to his fascist ideas because Hitler wanted to quickly enforce strict loyalty in Germany. Hitler’s goal as a Fascist government was to make Germany great again and become the leader of Germany and have his followers pledge extreme loyalty to him. Benito Mussolini founded fascism and he was from Italy. Mussolini emphasized the subordination of the individual to a “totalitarian” state that was to control all aspects of national life.