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How Did Hitler Become So Powerful
How did Adolf Hitler become so powerful? What aspects of his life before becoming chancellor may have shaped him and his beliefs, to strengthen him as a leader and influence his actions as the dictator of Germany?
In 1909, Adolf Hitler was a homeless man living in Vienna. In the 1940’s, he killed 11 million people during the Holocaust.
Hitler was born in Austria in 1889, just across the border from German-Bavaria. Now, 70 years after his death, he is still quite possibly the most well-known anti-Semite. His beliefs drove him to such a great position of power where he was in control of the entire nation of Germany. It is believed that Adolf Hitler’s passionate speeches and effective use of propaganda fuelled his rise to Führer of Germany; however
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He was well-liked as he was always eager and he volunteered for dangerous tasks without a second thought. Two years later, he was wounded in the leg during the Battle of the Somme and was moved to Germany for medical support. Once he recovered, he was assigned to light duty in Munich where he became appalled by the apathy and anti-war sentiment of the German’s. This, of course, he blamed Jewish people for, and thought they were discouraging German effort in World War I. He was so disgusted that he requested to go back to the warfront in 1917. A year later he received the Iron Cross first class from his Jewish superior. He never graduated from corporal as others thought he lacked leadership qualities and wouldn’t receive respect as a sergeant. Months after this, he was temporarily blinded by a gas attack and sent back. Recovering in the hospital, he hears the news that Germany had become a …show more content…
He observed a group that was then known as the German Workers’ Party. As he did, he witnessed a speech about Bavaria breaking away from Germany and becoming a nation with Austria, causing him to speak out against the man for fifteen minutes without stopping, angered by his opinion. This resulted in one of the founders of the party, Anton Drexler, inviting him to their next meeting. Drexler also stressed the same political views as Hitler, and he was focused on building a strong, anti-Semitic nation with a large military. Hitler accepts the invitation and joins the committee, pleased to find others with the same views as

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