Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany Paper
Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria where he grew up dreaming that he would one day be an artist. This dream was quickly brought to a halt when he showed insufficient artistic skill and was denied acceptance to an art academy in Vienna. After his dreams of being an artist died down he spent much of his time doing small jobs and realized that his true interest was politics. In 1914, after discovering his interest in politics, Hitler joined the German Army. He found a lot of success in the military and he was awarded the iron cross for bravery because of his success as a message carrier. Hitler’s perspective on his military career took a negative turn after Germany was defeated in World War One. He believed that Germany was defeated because of the socialist and the Jews, and had the radical idea that these groups had surrendered the nation. After Germany was defeated Hitler took control of the German Workers Party in 1920. He changed the group’s name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, but it was often times referred to as the Nazi party for short. A few years after taking control of the Nazi party he and World War One hero General Ludendorff tried to lead their own revolution on November 9, 1923, that they called the Beer Halt Putsch. Hitler stood up on a table in a beer hall and announced that the Weimar government had been overthrown. All of their supports followed them into the streets, but their glory was short lived and both of them were arrested. Hitler spent the next two years in prison. During those two years he wrote his book Mein Kampft, which means My Struggle, and in this book he expressed many ideas about Aryan superiority over the Jewish community, as well as many ideas concerning his future policies. After Hitler was released from jail in 1925 he worked towards the advancement of the Nazi party. The government and the economy at this time were fairly stable so advancement was slow moving until around
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria where he grew up dreaming that he would one day be an artist. This dream was quickly brought to a halt when he showed insufficient artistic skill and was denied acceptance to an art academy in Vienna. After his dreams of being an artist died down he spent much of his time doing small jobs and realized that his true interest was politics. In 1914, after discovering his interest in politics, Hitler joined the German Army. He found a lot of success in the military and he was awarded the iron cross for bravery because of his success as a message carrier. Hitler’s perspective on his military career took a negative turn after Germany was defeated in World War One. He believed that Germany was defeated because of the socialist and the Jews, and had the radical idea that these groups had surrendered the nation. After Germany was defeated Hitler took control of the German Workers Party in 1920. He changed the group’s name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, but it was often times referred to as the Nazi party for short. A few years after taking control of the Nazi party he and World War One hero General Ludendorff tried to lead their own revolution on November 9, 1923, that they called the Beer Halt Putsch. Hitler stood up on a table in a beer hall and announced that the Weimar government had been overthrown. All of their supports followed them into the streets, but their glory was short lived and both of them were arrested. Hitler spent the next two years in prison. During those two years he wrote his book Mein Kampft, which means My Struggle, and in this book he expressed many ideas about Aryan superiority over the Jewish community, as well as many ideas concerning his future policies. After Hitler was released from jail in 1925 he worked towards the advancement of the Nazi party. The government and the economy at this time were fairly stable so advancement was slow moving until around
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