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Adolf Hitler

In 1939, a mighty ruler by the name of Adolf Hitler, led his powerful German army into World War II. Hitler s square black mustache and the lock of hair that hung down on his forehead made him resemble a comic book character to some people. However, his fiery words and big blue eyes seemed to hypnotize those that listened and followed him. Hitler was a man that gave excellent speeches that would make crowds cheer, Hell Hitler! Hitler had a talent for making people listen and helping Germans visualize a better future. Adolf Hitler, was dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. By the time he was defeated, Hitler had conquered most of Europe. Hitler had spread death as no man had ever done before and a rage against all alien minorities, especially the Jews. He made Germans believe that it was the Jews who were to blame for their troubles. There are different theories to why Hitler hated the Jews so much. One theory suggest, that Hitler may have had a frightful experience with one or more Jews. Another theory suggest, that Hitler may have had Jewish blood in him, a form of self-hatred that could find relief only by dominate, even destruction of the entire race. Although, Hitler was a man that encountered many conflicts in his life such as poverty, death of his parents, and not doing well in schools; Hitler became one of the most important historical figures to ever live. Many historians believe that his childhood downfalls made Hitler such a strong and powerful person. Adolf Hitler, a magnetic Austrian born opportunist, rose to power in Germany at a time of social, political, and economic chaos. Failing to take power by force in 1923, he eventually won power by democratic means. Once in power, he eliminated all oppositions and launched an ambitious program of world domination and elimination of the Jews.

Hitler s father was Alois who was born in 1837. He was the legitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber. It is not sure who the father was except that it may have been someone from the neighborhood or a poor mill worker named Johann Georg Hiedlen. It is possible Adolf Hitler s grandfather was Jewish. Alois had always used the name of his mother, Schicklgruber. At age thirteen, Alois was living with his uncle after his mother passed away and his uncle convinced him to change his last name to Hiedler. However, when the time came to write the last name on records, they spelled it as Hitler. In 1876, Alois became known as Alois Hitler. In 1885, Alois married the pregnant Klara Polzl, after being married twice. Alois was 48 and Klara was 24, the granddaughter of uncle Hiedler. Klara gave birth to two boys and a girl, of whom all died. On April 20, 1889 gave birth to her fourth child, Adolf Hitler. Adolf was born a healthy child. However, Klara feared of losing Adolf like the other children. In 1895, at the age of 6, Hitler entered the first grade, while his father retired from the Austrian service. Hitler would now be under strict supervision at home and at school. Alois was a hard working man who worked his way up the civil service ranks. He was a strict father who used his own experiences to toughen up Adolf and the other children. Alois was now in his late fifties and raised his family on a small farm outside of Linz, Austria. Alois would beat on the oldest boy Alois Jr., which was 13 at the time. Since Alois Jr. was the oldest he would get the abusive words and the beatings. It was not until Alois Jr. was 14 that he got tired of the abuse and ran away from home never to return. This would mean that Adolf who was 6, was the next in line to get the bad treatment from his father.

The Hitler s soon moved from the farm to the city, where Adolf would attend catholic school. Adolf found school to be easy and he felt as though he had a talent for drawing.

Hitler one day, came across several pictures in his father s book collection. The pictures were of the War of 1870-1871, between the Germans and the French. This book became an obsession for young Adolf Hitler. Hitler read the book repeatedly, and he believed that the war was a glorious event. In Hitler s book Mein Kampf, he suggests,

It was not long before the great historic

struggle had become my greatest spiritual

experience. From then on, I became more

and more enthusiastic about everything that

was in any connected with war or, for that

matter, with soldering. (Adolf Hitler)

At age 11, Adolf had to face death for the first time when his little brother Edmund 6, died of the measles. Adolf had never faced death before and it badly traumatized the young Adolf. Things became worse for Adolf as he grew up. The time was coming when Adolf would have to choose between going to classical or technical school. Adolf Hitler dreamed of becoming an artist and wanted to go to classical school and become an artist. Unfortunetly, his father would hear nothing of it. Alois Hitler wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and become a civil servant. In September 1900, Adolf Hitler went to technical school. Adolf and his father would engage in frequent arguments about his career choice. History and opera fascinated Adolf and this was his passion, however Alois would ignore Adolf. Adolf Hitler would later write in his book that he went to technical school to show his father that he was unsuited to this kind of school. He tried to show his father by his grades and the useless progress he was making.

The long struggle and arguments between father and son would end on January 3, 1903, when 65 year old Alois Hitler died of lung hemorrhage. Adolf would know face many more obstacles in his life. He would now become the head of the household, which was very important.

Adolf Hitler would not do so well in school as he would find out that 1903 Autumn. His grades were very poor and his behavior was very

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