How did Hitler first become involved in politics

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How did Hitler first become involved in politics?
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Hitlers Uninspiring Beginnings

• Adolf Hitler had been a nonentity ( a normal,
  ordinary and boring person)

• No formal qualifications

• He was a failed artist

• He had no friends

• He had become an aimless drifter

• He was not considered worthy of promotion
  because of 'a lack of leadership qualities' in
  the army.

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Hitlers Early Political Career

• Began in Munich when he joined the German
  Workers' Party (DAP).
• The German Workers Party was a tiny group of
  extreme nationalists and anti-Semites

• In July 1921, Hitler took over the leadership of
  the party.
• Hitler renamed the party as the National
  Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP),

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What Hitler Did When He Had Gained Power

• At the beginning of Hitlers power in the German
  Workers Party he brought several members of his
  army into the party. (including commanding
  officer, Captain Ernst Roehm.)
• Roehm had access to the armys political fund so
  was able to transfer some of the money into the
  GWP.
• Some of this money to advertise their meetings.

Ernst Roehm
Some of Hitler's advertisements
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The Early Life of the German Workers Party

• The German Workers Party was small
• Mainly in the Munich area of Bavaria
• Money was always a problem
• The 1923 hyperinflation crisis proved to be an
  opportunity too good to miss for the now party
  leader - Hitler.

Some members of the German Workers Party
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Hitler and His Leadership Skills

• Hitler was a strong leader
• He had a manipulating character
• He had extraordinary leadership skills in which
  he used to make his party a very tactical one.
• He was much underestimated by opposing political
  parties.

• Hitlers party earned the support of powerful
  industrialists by co-operating with other
  right-winged extremist groups. This support gave
  them the financial backing they needed.

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Hitlers early political life
Hitlers later political life
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By Samantha Bentley, Christina Phillips,
Lindsey McDonald and Emily Stapley.