...Life of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in the small Austrian town of Braunau to Alois Hitler who later became a senior customs official and his wife Klara, who was from a poor peasant family. At primary school, Hitler showed great intellectual potential and was extremely popular with fellow pupils as well as being admired for his leadership qualities. However, competition at secondary school was tougher and Hitler stopped trying as a result. He also lost his popularity among his fellow students and instead preferred to re-enact battles from the Boer war with younger children. At the age of 15, he failed his exams and was told to repeat the year but he left without a formal education instead. At the age of 18, he moved to Vienna with money inherited after his father's death in 1903, in order to pursue a career in art, as this was his best subject at school. However his applications for both the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of Architecture were rejected. It was supposedly at this time that Hitler first became interested in politics and how the masses could be made to respond to certain themes. He was particularly impressed with the anti-Semitic, nationalist Christian-Socialist party. During the First World War he volunteered to fight for the German Army and gained the rank of corporal, earning accolades as a dispatch-runner. He won several awards for bravery, including the Iron Cross First Class. In October 1918, he was blinded in a mustard gas attack...
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...Kendrick Alexandre Adolf Hitler’s Life Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 as an Austrian born German; who became Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. Hitler’s parents were Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl, he was the fourth born of six. Hitler was a rebel when he went to school, one day he and his father had got into an argument because of his refusal to conform to the strict discipline that the school enforced. After his father failed at farming he moved to Lambach, at age eight Hitler began singing lessons, in the church choir, he even considered becoming a priest when he was old enough; however the death of his brother, Edmund who dies of measles, affected him deeply. Hitler changed, he went from a confident, outgoing, conscientious, student to a detached, sullen boy who did nothing but fight his father and teachers. Hitler did however had the passion to go to a classical high school to become an artist, his father wanted him to grow up in his footsteps and wanted to have a career in customs bureau. His father decided to send him to a technical school, in his book Mein Kampf , he tells us that he did poorly in school hoping that his father would see “what little progress I was making at the technical school he would let me devote myself to my dream.” In school young Austrian Germans began to develop German nationalist ideas, Hitler began to express his loyalty to Germany and despising the Hasburg Monarchy. In January 3, 1903 Hitler’s father died, Hitler’s performance in school...
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...Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889, in the small town of Braunau, Austria. Adolf attended school at the age of six. Adolf grew up as a poor record at school, and later left completing his tuition, with an ambition of becoming an artist. At the age of 19 Adolf Hitler’s mother died due to Breast cancer, he was then put in the hands of his father who didn’t pay a lot of attention to him. Adolf didn’t want to go into the work world, or study, instead he gained an interest in history and politics. Hitler had no close relatives to support him, so at the age of 19 he moved to Vienna to hopefully earn a living. Within a year he was living homeless and eating at charity soup kitchens, he declined full time employment and regular took menial jobs. During the beginning of the Great War, Hitler moved to Munich (southern Germany), during the outbreak of the first world war Hitler volunteered to serve his country and was accepted into the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Hitler was promoted to corporal due to bravery and was awarded with an iron cross and first class iron cross. In 1918 close to the ending of the war Hitler sustained blindness from a British gas attack but latter recovered. After the war Hitler served in a POW camp (prisoner of war) before returning to munich. Between 1919-1934 hitler gradually got into politics an was later elected. Due to the Great War Germany felt betrayed which gave Hitler an advantage of getting grasp of the...
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...ADOLF HITLER WAS EVIL BUT NOT MONSTROUS A Review of the Literature Alex Esomonu Thompson River University Authors Note This paper was prepared for ENG 1100, taught my… Abstract The name Adolf Hitler will remain in the minds of many for years to come for his contributions in World War II. Born in Austria in 1889, Hitler rose to become the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths. History gives account of many leaders whose actions will never be forgotten but the story of Hitler and his Nazis’ Germany is one that pricks the conscious mind on how Evil or monstrous Man can be. This paper looks at the word evil and its manifestations in the actions or inactions of Men as well as Adolf Hitler, his life and his actions in relationship with the word Evil and monstrous. Adolf Hitler Was Evil but Not Monstrous. A Review of the Literature Since the beginning of the world, Evil has existed and has been buried in the heart of Men. Virtually all religions support the existence of evil despite their various concepts of its existence. Over the years the...
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...the torch of the spoken word cast into the mist of the people.” Everyone knows Hitler was the most feared man in Germany , however do you know how it all started, and who was hitless influence? Thing and why would the Nazis think that it was alright to kill Jews when the Jews didn’t do anything to the other Germans or Hitler? Although you may not believe what I am about to say may sound off Hitler wasn’t always that powerful ,respected , or feared . He used to be a young boy who wanted to be an artist. Adolf Hitler was born April 20 1889 when he was a young boy Hitler’s father died leaving him and his mother. Not too long after when Hitler was only fourteen his mother died of stage four breast cancers. Hitler was an orphan after both of his parents die he dropped out of high school to become an artist , after both of his attempts to get in an art school and failing he began living on the streets . He started to a radio station blame everything that had happened to him on the Jews.”with the right propaganda you can make people think that living in the wrench is like living in paradise and bad is great” Hitler did just that with no problem he just blamed everything on the Jews . Since he was just a common person like his audience he didn’t have any problem convincing the others about how bad the Jews were. Within two months, Hitler acquired dictatorial powers resulting from the Enabling Act passed by the Nazi-controlled...
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...personally know them? Although Adolf Hitler’s actions were very negative, I still feel that he has caught my attention. He was the leader for the Nazis. Since he was a Nazi leader, he ordered many Nazis to kill Jewish people. Adolf Hitler is an interesting public figure because he had no mercy or regret, he was part Jewish, and he brainwashed German people. How could someone kill so many people and not feel remorse? In concentration camps throughout Europe, Hitler would take in Jews as prisoners. While there, Nazis could punish Jews however they wanted. Many Jews were killed every day. They had very poor treatment. They had to shave off their hair. Then, they would be numbered. They were not allowed to bathe. They were treated like animals. All of his actions make me wonder the following question: did Hitler absolutely have no heart? I’m sure that he didn’t if he didn’t even have a small feeling of resentment. Adolf Hitler was a cold-hearted murderer. Also, I have read in articles and books that Adolf Hitler was part Jewish. It was as if he were killing his own people during World War II. What I would like to know is why did he do it? What were his intentions? What I’m guessing is that he did it to please his cold heart. Maybe he also did this because he had been affected by Jews when he was younger. He might have also done it to feel control over a group of people. It was as if he were killing himself, which he eventually did do. Hitler felt the need to manipulate people...
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...Adolf Hitler 16th sep 2011 * Adolf Hitler’s grandmother worked for a Jew and when she became pregnant with Adolf’s father the man she worked for gave her money for her and her baby until he was 16. * Although it was believed that the 19 year old son of the family was the father but this claim was not proven. * When Adolf’s younger brother died his character went from being confident and outgoing and an excellent student to a dull detached boy who always fought his father and teachers * His father used to beat him a lot and was very disciplined with him * His mother was the opposite to his father she was kind and soft hearted and tried to protect Adolf from getting hit * His father was an Austrian customs’ official and he wanted Adolf to follow in his footsteps so when Adolf told his father that he wanted to be an artist he disapproved and sent him to a technical high school. * He thought that if he failed in school then his father would see that he wasn’t making any progress so he would let him devote his life to being happy but that never happened. * A lot of people that lived on the German Austrian border considered themselves as German- Austrians but Adolf only considered himself German. * He joined the army in 1914. * He served on the western front in France and Belgium . * He received his first second class medal in1914 for bravery and first...
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...Austin Rudd 3rd Period Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau Austria. His father, Alois Hitler was married to his third wife, Klara Hitler. Hitler had five siblings, three of which were from his fathers' previous marriages. However, only Adolf and a younger sister, Paula survived to become adults. His mother, Klara Hitler was a kind and gentle woman. His father was a intelligent and ambitious man. Alois wanted his son to do well in life. Alois was a strict father and would brutally beat his son if he did not do what he was told. His other son, from his previous marriage was a big disappointment to him and eventually ended up in jail for theft. Hitler was a deeply religious child whom was popular among his pupils and had a bright academic future. Hitler was already admired for his leadership qualities in primary school. Secondary school proved to be much different than primary school. He was no longer at the top of his class, his only reaction was to stop trying. He also lost his popularity among his pupils. They no longer accepted him as one of their leaders. Art was one of Hitlers main interest at school. His father was furious when his son told him he wouldn't be joing the civil services, instead he was going to be an artist. Hitlers relationship with his father disappeared. At thirteen years old, his father died in 1903. At the age of fifteen after doing so poorly on his...
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...Investigation of the Life of Adolph Hitler Name: Course: Institution: April 28, 2015 His character Adolph Hitler was a renowned tyrannical, brutal individual. The holocaust genocide of the 6 million Jews by his troops was due to his unflinching orders that were disobeyed only at the sacrifice of your life, nothing less. He embraced the army fully after slightly more than twenty years of age to defend his country against his enemies at the utter defeat only in his death. After the World War I that occurred in the August of 1914, Hitler embraced victory as salvation by use of war (Parparov et al., 2005). His brutality is seen in the loss of the many innocent lives at his hands such as from his village backyard in the name of securing his name against any taint, be they of family background or whatever. Hitler was a highly secretive man. Nowhere in the prominent history has anyone succeeded to uncover his tracks, especially which deals with his education save from his own autobiographical book. He found himself as a quarter Jew, while at the same time paranoid about them, led to his order of utter destruction of home village just to hide his identity. His tiny village was replaced with the army artillery and put out of recognition so that it has no expressive language to describe what was there before the unfortunate fiery ordeal that consumed it to ashes. One time he warned his nephew named Patrick never to grant any interviews concerning themselves to the press. He could even...
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...The History Of Adolf Hitler Harpravjeet Malhi World Civilization II Professor: Michael Aerio Sparks 07/29/13 Hitler had changed the lives of many people; he started form nothing and emerged to be the most famous icon in history. It is also controversy that he is the main reason World War II started. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on the date of April 20, 1889. Hitler was the third son of Alois Hitler and Klara Hitler. The family moved a lot, including to Linz and other places. At the beginning of school Hitler did very well, but his marks continued to progress at a worse level as time went on. His father died when he was 14, his mother when he was 18. He tried twice to enter the Academy for Art in Vienna, but was rejected both times. Hitler in 1909 moved to Vienna and lived there from 1909 to 1913. There is controversy if Hitler had the necessities of basic life material while living there; some people believed he was destitute there. He moved to Munich, Germany in 1913 and was still there when the First World War had broken out in August 1914. Hitler was a moody child growing up and hostile to his father but he was close to his mother and was deeply affected at the time of her death in 1908 (Who was Adolf, 1998). Hitler enlisted in the German army and went to serve four years of front-line service during which he got wounded several times and he proved to be an able and brave soldier as a dispatch runner, winning the Iron Cross (First Class) on two occasions...
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...Hitler was the leader of the Nazis, and he had bodyguards they were called Schutzstaffel. The first paragraph is about why and when it was founded, who founded it, and how long it was run for. The second paragraph is how did people get to be on the SS, and the third is how the SS guarded Hitler. The schutzstaffel are better known as the Notorious SS. Schutzstaffel was founded on April 4, 1925 by Adolf Hitler because he wanted bodyguards, but they were his guards from 1925 to 1945. The Schutzstaffel later became one of, or the most feared organizations in all of the Nazi Germany. The organization was one of the most powerful of Nazi Germany too. The Guards were self-described “political soldiers” of the Nazi Germany. The SS was divided into...
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...Born in the Austrian town of Braunau on April 20, 1889, Adolf was the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler. By 1900, young Adolf's talents as an artist surfaced. He did well enough in school to be eligible for either the university preparatory school or the technical/scientific Realschule. Because the technical/scientific Realschule had a course in drawing, Adolf enrolled in there. Adolf suffered from frequent lung infections, and he quit school at the age of 16, partially the result of ill health, but mainly the result of poor schoolwork. In 1906, Adolf traveled Vienna to seek his fortune, but he wasn't able to get admission to any prestigious art school. Hitler spent six years there, living on a small amount of money left for him from his father supplemented with an orphan's pension. On the verge of becoming penniless by 1909, he wandered Vienna as a transient, sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, including, ironically, those financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and the sharpening his debating skills. Vienna was a center of anti-Semitism, and the media's portrayal of Jews as scapegoats with stereotyped attributes did not escape Hitler's fascination. In May 1913, Hitler, trying to avoid military service, left Vienna for Munich, the capital of Bavaria. In January, the police came to his door bearing a draft notice...
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...Adolf Hitler and WWII The reason I've chosen to write about Hitler is that he was a significant person, who has changed history, despite being an evil man. It's also because I'm interested in the reasons behind why he did what he did and lived like he lived. Background Hitler was born in april 1889. During his childhood his father abused him and his mother and three of his brothers died before he was even born. This might be one of the reasons he grew up to be the man he became. Except for this not much of Hitler’s childhood is known. It’s however known that he had good grades in primary school but worse in secondary school. Adult life and Career Hitler had always dreamt of being an artist. His father didn’t allow it but when he died in 1903...
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...Adolf Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi), on January 30, 1933 was declared chancellor of Germany. Over the course of the next year he would change German democracy into a complete dictatorship. Once he became Fuhrer, Hitler embarked on the, “… ‘Final solution’- the mass extermination of ‘undesirable’ peoples – Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals, and, above all, Jews” (Foner 860). His goal was to build a master race, known as the Aryan race; all those deemed inferior were targeted. The typical description of an Aryan was blonde hair, blue eyes with fair skin. He gradually isolated the Jews and created Nazi death camps where over six million men, women and children were murdered. Any political opponents or religious dissidents that did not support the Nazi regime ideology were incarcerated, maltreated which most commonly led to their deaths. This systematic and state-sponsored mass murder came to...
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...cumulated vicious attacks on other parts of the world. When people think of Europe, they think of one specific person who made individuals suffer a harsh and agonizing pain until they lay dead. Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Germany brainwashed the entire nation and did fulfil his promise to the Germans. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in a small town in Austria known as Braunau to Alois. “Hitler did not do particularly well in school, leaving formal education in 1905. Unable to settle into a regular job, he drifted. He wished to become an artist but was rejected from the Academy in Vienna.” Hitler unable to settle into a job or being rejected from the Academy in Vienna may have been the reason the Holocaust was put together. He wanted to...
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