and How the Nazi’s Rose to Power Adolf Hitler and How the Nazi’s Rose to Power

Adolf Hitler Born April 20, 1889, Austria Died April 30, 1945, Berlin, Germany

Early Life Adolf Hitler spent most of his childhood in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria Father Died in 1903 Hitler feared and disliked his father Hitler was a devoted son to his mother Mother Died in 1907

Early Life Hitler never advanced beyond a secondary education. He eventually moved to Vienna to a big city At the age of 19 he applied for Art school Hitler dreamed of becoming an artist but he twice failed to be accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts

Speculation: Hitler is believed to have blamed a Jewish professor for his rejection from the academy. Some believe this sparked his persecution of Jews in later life

Early Life For some years he lived a lonely and isolated life, earning a living by painting postcards and advertisements and drifting from one municipal hostel to another. He also gave up drinking alcohol and was a vegetarian. In Vienna, is where he started thinking that Jews were different from Germans.

Off to join the military In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Screened for Austrian military service in February 1914, he was classified as physically unfit. World War I broke out he volunteered for the German army. Joined the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment.

Continued… During the war, he was in the front line as a headquarters runner He was Awarded with the Iron Cross, Second Class, in December 1914 Awarded the Iron Cross, First Class (a rare decoration for a corporal), in August 1918.

Rise to Power Hitler took up political work in Munich in May–June 1919. As an army political agent, he joined the small German Workers' Party in Munich (September 1919). In 1920 he was put in charge of the party's propaganda He left the army to devote himself to improving his position within the party. That year the party was renamed the National-Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi).

Continued… Resentment at the loss of World War I and the severity of the peace terms added to the economic problems and made people’s lives miserable. After World War I the Imperial government was replaced and became a Republic. People were not happy with the Weimar Republic. There were several attempts by different violent groups to take over Germany.

Continued… In the early 1920s, the ranks of Hitler's Nazi Party recruited Germans who sympathized with the party's bitter hatred of Germany's democratic government, leftist politics, and Jews.

Beer Hall Putsch In November 1923, after the German government resumed the payment of war reparations to Britain and France, the Nazis launched the "Beer Hall Putsch"--their first attempt at seizing the German government by force. The uprising was immediately suppressed, and Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for high treason.

Imprisonment He spent his time dictating his autobiography, Mein Kampf, (“My Struggle”) and working on his oratorical skills. After nine months in prison, political pressure from supporters of the Nazi Party forced his release.

On the Rise… During the next few years, Hitler and the other leading Nazis reorganized their party. They were able to gain a majority in the German parliament--the Reichstag--by legal means in 1932. The Nazi Party won 37% of the Reichstag seats, thanks to a massive propaganda campaign.

Continued… In the same year, President Paul von Hindenburg defeated a presidential bid by Hitler Hoping to keep him quiet on January 1933 Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor Keep your friends close but your enemies closer

1933 Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany His reign of terror begins and events that lead to the Holocaust are starting to take place. August 1934 Hitler declares himself president and Chancellor of the Third Reich

The Holocaust Began WWII on the Horizon

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