KLEMENS VON METTERNICH Statesman; born at Coblenz‚ 15 May‚ 1773; died at Vienna‚ 11 June‚ 1859; son of Count Georg‚ Austrian envoy of the Court of Vienna at Coblenz‚ and Maria Beatrix‚ née Countess von Kageneck. He studied philosophy at the University of Strasburg‚ and law and diplomacy at Mainz. A journey to England completed his education. Metternich began his public career in 1801 as Austrian ambassador to the Court of Dresden. Though he had for several years prepared himself for a diplomatic
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Adolf Hitler “The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” –George Santayana Adolf Hitler is known for having the greatest impact on Europe in all of history‚ especially Germany. Although the majority of people look down on him for his mass murder of about 6 million Jews in a short time period‚ his story of influence on a whole country is incredible. He started out as a boy from a little town in Austria with nothing more than a paintbrush and a dream; a dream to become
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Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 at Austria. He was the fourth of six children to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl (Klara Hitler). When Hitler was three‚ the family moved to Passau‚ Germany. There he acquired the distinctive lower Bavarian dialect‚ rather than Austrian German‚ which marked his speech all of his life.In 1894 the family relocated to Leonding (near Linz)‚ and in June 1895‚ Alois retired to a small landholding at Hafeld‚ near Lambach‚ where he farmed and kept bees. Adolf attended school
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ADOLF HITLER Abstract Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) grew up in several smaller cities in Austria‚ lived in Vienna from ages 18 to 24 (1907-1913)‚ then lived in Munich until he became German chancellor in 1933‚ except for this World War I service from 1914 to 1918 and a spell in prison in 1924. The demonization of Hitler is accomplished in a variety of ways‚ all of which portray the National Socialist leader as an abstract figure outside of human behavior and compre hension. During and shortly after
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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was a struggling young artist who became a feared dictator. He led his country into a bloody war that killed millions of people. Hitler rose to power in Germany in the 1930s. He eventually started World War II (1939-1945)‚ a conflict that left Europe in ruins. HITLER’S CHILDHOOD Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. He came from a well-to-do family in Austria-Hungary. His father was an important government worker. After his father died‚ Hitler quit school in the ninth grade
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Adolf Hitler Childhood of Adolf Hitler Hitler as an Artist Hitler as a Soldier in World War I Entry into Politics Hitler comes into Power Hitler starts World War II Death Bibliography * Adolf Hitler http://History1900s.about.com/cs/hitleradolf/p/hitler.htm(Retrieved 16-04-2013) * Hitler Facts http://History1900s.com/od/hitleradolf/a/Hitler-Facts.htm(Retrieved 16-04-2013) * Adolf Hitler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau
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Adolf Hitler and His Rise to Power Alberto J Fernandes Fisher College In the early twenty century there was a great world tragedy that could have been prevented. The holocaust was a dark part of this worlds history. Looking back and it make one wonder how did Adolph Hitler grow to have so much power; did anyone step up to fight against this before it broke out into war and what could have been done to prevent this from happening. At the end of the first World War Germany
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Question: How did Wagner’s Opera affect Adolf Hitler? Answer: The main reasons behind resistance to Wagner’s Opera are the contribution of his writings to the development of modern anti-Semitism (hostility towards the Jews)‚ and his influence on Nazi racial ideology‚ as well as his family’s connections to Hitler. While Wagner did not directly cause Hitler’s anti-Semitism (His hatred for the Jews)‚ it is certain that his social circles‚ that of Liszt‚ his wife Cosima‚ his son-in-law Chamberlain and
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Dictatorships of the 1940`s Adolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany during World War 2; he is the blamed for the Holocaust and the destruction of Europe. Hitler is possibly considered the most hated person in the world. Adolf was born in Branau am Inn‚ Austria‚ on April 20‚ 1889. He was one of six children. When he was 3 his family moved from Austria to Germany. As a child he became interested in the Arts rather than business‚ which his father strongly disagreed with. Due to not living in Austria
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LEADERSHIP QUALITIES BATTLE OF CAPE MATAPAN This was a large scale Naval action which was happened after the twenty-five years of the time of that era. At the end of March 1941 under the pressure of German‚ the Italian fleet planned to launch an attack on British fleet. The purpose of that attack was to stop convoys supplying to the British expeditionary forces in Greece. Before this attack happened‚ he was able to analyze the situation with the Italy entry to the war and capitulation of France
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