Alex Belinger Independent Study World History 7/28/02 On November 1923‚ German army veteran and leader of an extremist party‚ Adolf Hitler climbed onto a table and fired his pistol. "The National Socialist revolution has begun!" Hitler’s rise to power is one of the most significant events of our century. People today still debate how and why Hitler’s totalitarian dictatorship in the 1930’s was such a big success with support of many Germans. At the time of Hitler’s rise‚ Germans were in
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Adolf Hitler is a well-known name‚ not only here in Germany‚ but in most parts of the world. This is not because of a positive impression he left behind‚ but because of a very negative one. Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889 in Braunau am Inn‚ Austria‚ as the son of an ordinary middle class family. His childhood was dominated by permanent conflicts with his farther‚ Alois‚ who did not allow his son to pursue a career as an artist. After Alois’ death‚ the young Hitler suffered a lot but managed
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My name is Adolf Hitler and I failed Germany. If you are reading this‚ I failed to defend Berlin against the soviet armies and my beloved wife‚ Eva Braun. Our corps are now is ashes being taken by the wind‚ above the city that I failed to protect‚ and over thousands of loyal died Nazi soldiers that fought until their last breath‚ fighting for what they believed. In a better Germany. That was what I believed! Germany is my home and always will be. My heart belonged to Germany since I first arrived
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Adolf Hitler and Nelson Mandela are vastly different men‚ however in many ways through out their lives they both held a huge influence over their countrymen‚ the politics of their country and inevitably they both shaped the course of history for better or worse. Their fight‚ was not won without a struggle‚ but was helped by their masterful oratorical skills and the willingness of their followers to do anything for "the cause". Following the First World War Germanys economy began to fail‚ the German
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During the Second World War‚ the Nazi party‚ under the leadership of Adolf Hitler tried to kill all the Jews in Europe to solve the “Jewish Problem” because they wanted a superior race living in Germany. He also made new laws against certain types of people stripping them from their rights. It started around the beginning of World War II around 1933 when Hitler took over and ended around when the rise of Hitler had ended‚ near the end of WWII and it took place all over Europe but the most well-known
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In the ancient world‚ women were not considered qualified to rule. However‚ two women managed to reshape this ideology. Both Empress Irene and Chinese Empress Wu Zhao had to possess certain qualities to help them take power. The first quality a women had to possess beauty and the ability of persuasion. Both women got their power through their emperor husbands‚ but before they could get to that point they had to be chosen. Irene caught the attention of Emperor Leo IV with her “piety and dazzling
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Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. Hitler went to Germany to fight in the German army during WWI. Hitler gained his support in many ways. One way that Adolf Hitler gained support was through his book Mein Kampf. Another way that he gained the support that led him to gaining all of his power and control was the constant fear of the Communists gaining political power. Another way that Adolf Hitler gained all of his support was the Great Depression. Hitler’s book‚ Mein Kampf‚ which is
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Hitler was a villain who was in command of a dark nation during World War II. His reign could not last forever and he was eventually defeated by the Allies because of his mistakes that escalated his destruction. The battle of Dunkirk was a tragedy in the eyes of Germany. Declaring war on the United States of America was a tremendous mistake. Losing the battle at Stalingrad would increase the rate of defeat. Hitler lost World War II‚ not because of one mistake but instead because of a culmination
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Adolf Hitler vs. Malcolm X: The Infamous Propagandas In the comparison and contrast between the two films‚ Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl’s and Malcolm X by Spike Lee‚ both films are based on the lives of two notorious leaders. Adolf Hitler‚ founder of the Nazi Party‚ was known to be a great speaker. At the time of the German war‚ many were distraught and his words became something to look up to. Hundreds followed as he began a movement of his political and religious beliefs and
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On 16 March 1939‚ Adolf Hitler issued a decree which served as legal foundation for the establishment of the Protectorate. Consequently‚ territories of the former Czechoslovak Republic‚ specifically the regions Bohemia‚ Moravia and Silesia‚ which were inhabited by a total of seven million people‚ now belonged to the territory of the German state. Following the decree‚ the regions of Bohemia‚ Moravia and Silesia now formed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and existed as a puppet state of
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