Hitler And The Great Man Theory

The Rise of Hitler and the Great Man Theory
Adolf Hitler was a very powerful dictator who was charismatic, promising, and prideful. Hitler at one point changed the whole world with his ideas and tactics. Many countries were involved and it had affected so many countries. He brought anti-Semitism to to the world and many Jews were executed. The great man theory became popular in the 1900’s because of Thomas Carlyle. Without the help of others, Hitler would not have gotten to where he was. Many other people helped him rise to power.
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was born on April 20, 1889. Hitler’s parents were customs officials. Hitler had a stronger bond with his mother than his father who was stricter. Growing up, Hitler
Hitler gave them motivation and hope. After the war, great depression also hit Germany. The great depression also made it easier for Hitler to persuade citizens to listen to him. Hitler had great tactics and was charming. and he was also very prideful; he promised to make Germany better again. Unemployment was up the roof and Hitler promised to lower the percentage of unemployment in Germany.
Hitler had very smart tactics and he used everything he could to sway the public. Hitler was an anti-Semitic. He persuaded many people to agree with him. He used the Jews as a scapegoat for all the negatives in Germany. He said that the Jews were taking all of the jobs and left the other minorities unemployed. Hitler also formed the Nazi Party. The Nazi party consisted of younger men and many members of the Nazi Party did not disagree or disobey Hitler because Hitler gave them a spot in the political class. Many members were very excited because they were in the political class and never disagreed with
One of the events during the Holocaust was Kristallnacht, or in other words; “night of the broken glass”. Jewish shops were invaded and store shops were being vandalized. Windows of Jewish stores were completely smashed and glass was everywhere. Jewish books were also burned that night. The Nazi’s wanted to get rid of all Jewish books and stores. Many Jews and Jewish supporters were killed. Jews had to be branded. They had to wear a star on their clothes so people would know they are Jewish. Nazi’s marched into every area and took the Jews. Jews were transported to concentration camps where they would work, be tortured, or killed. Children were separated from their parents. They would put them on a transportation vehicle and take them to them a concentration camp where they are stripped of all their belongings and were tattooed with numbers. This is how they were marked. They also had a doctor who would give a check up to the Jews. If they looked sick or if they were old, they would immediately separate them and kill them instantly by gas