Rise And Fall Of Hitler

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The Rise And Fall Of Adolf Hitler



Adolph Hitler was born in Braunau An Inn, Austria-Hungary in 1889. He was the fourth
child of Klara and Alois Hitler. Adolf’s father worked his way up in the Austrian customs service
to a position of considerable status. Therefore Adolph had a comfortable childhood. He began
school in 1900 with grades above average. He and his father strongly differed about career plans.
Alois wanted him to enter civil service but Adolf strongly wanted to become an artist. Not long
after he dropped out of school, his father died. His mother also died soon after his father. It was
between 1910 and 1913 when Adolph’s life improved. After the death of Adolph’s mother and
father he began to paint and sell postcards and pictures for a living. The breakout of World War I
came as an opportunity for Hitler. He volunteered for a Bavarian unit in the German army and
served during the whole war. When the war was over, he returned to Munich. While in Munich,
he was selected to be a political speaker by the local army headquarters. His speaking success led
to his selection as an observer of political groups in the Munich area. The Germans’ Worker Party
or Nazi became his main political focus. Here he found outlet for his talents in political agitation
and party organization. Hitler appealed to a wide variety of people by combining an effective and
carefully rehearsed speaking style with what looked like absolute sincerity and determination. At
the end of World War I, the allies had demanded that Germany pay reparations. When Germany
refused, France and Belgium occupied the coalmines on January 1923. On November 8,1923,
Hitler and 600 armed members of the S.A made their move. They marched on to Munich Beer
Hall where Gustav Von Kahr was addressing a public meeting. Hitler took Von Kahr hostage and
released him when Von Kahr immediately outlawed the Nazi party and ordered the Bava...