Adolph Hitler

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Adolph Hitlers Rise to Power

• By Evan Blackmon
• Kiley Kozloski
• Renique Henry

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Early Life

• Adolph Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in
  Braunau am Inn, Austria. Hitler spent most of his
  childhood in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria.
  He dreamed of becoming an artist but, failed to
  secure entry to the Academy of Fine Arts twice.
  In 1913 Hitler moved to Munich. When World War I
  broke out he immediately volunteered for the
  German army and joined the 16th Bavarian Reserve
  Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in October
  1916, and was gassed two years later. During the
  war, he was continuously in the front line as a
  headquarters runner his bravery in action was
  rewarded with the Iron Cross, Second Class, in
  December 1914, and the Iron Cross, First Class in
  August 1918, which was a rare decoration for a
  corporal. Hitler greeted the war with
  enthusiasm, as a relief from the frustration and
  aimlessness of civilian life.

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Rise to Power

• Hitler took up political work in Munich in
  May-June 1919. In September, he joined the small
  German Workers' Party in Munich, and was put in
  charge of the party's propaganda in 1920. Hitler
  left the army to devote himself to improving his
  position within the group, which later that year
  was renamed the Nazi Party.

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Rise to Power (cont)

• Munich became a gathering place for dissatisfied
  men against the republic, many of which joined
  the Nazi party. An important member of the party,
  Ernst Rhm, greatly guided Hitler in his rise to
  power. Rhm recruited the strong arm squads used
  by Hitler to protect party meetings, to attack
  socialists and communists, and to exploit
  violence for the impression of strength it gave.

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Ernst R hm Helps Hitler

• The strong arms squads were formally organized
  under Rhm into a private party army in 1921.
  These squads gave protection which allowed the
  party to gain support and members. Hitler took
  full advantage of the group that was getting
  stronger because he wanted to change their
  socialist ideas.

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Hitlers Foreign Policy Aims

• When Hitler came to power, he wanted to dominate
  Europe by making Germany a powerful country. He
  wrote his ideas in a book called Mein Kampf which
  means my struggle. He wrote this book in prison
  in 1924. His main goals were
• To destroy the Treaty of Versailles
• To unite all German speakers in one country
• To expand to Poland and Russia (east)

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Video on Hitlers Policies
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Hitler in Power

• Hitler came to power in 1933 using powerful
  speeches and threats of violence. With his
  charismatic personality and dynamic leadership,
  he attracted a devoted following.
• He believed that the perfect person was tall, had
  blonde hair, and blue eyes (Aryan). He almost
  succeeded in terminating the Jewish race, killing
  millions upon millions of them, as well as
  Crippled people, homosexuals, and Gypsies in the
  Holocaust.

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Video on Hitlers rise to power

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