Zusammenfassung der Ressource
World War II
Hitler's Background.
- Choir boy
- Born in 1989 in Brauna in Austia.
- Father was a hard drinker bully, worked as a
postman
- Father died when he was 14
- spent his time reading books, listening to music
and painting
- Mother dies when he is 17. Left all by
himself
- Left home. Went to Vienna. to find work Capital
of Ausrria
- Mother spoilt him. took him to best schools
- Never got good grade. Left
school @ 16.
- Artisit&Tramp
- In 1907, Hitler arrived in Vienna.
- applied to art academy, but failed examination
- ended up liveing in a hostel for tramps for 5 years
- Earned money : Cleaning windows,Painting houses.
- Grew up hating foreign races,especially Jews.
- thought that they were ruining Austria. Taking all of the jobs
- Soldier
- Left Austria in 1913. Avoid being called in to the army
- went to live in Munich, Germany. when GWW
started decided he wanted to in the army.
- He worked as a messenger, carrying messages through
the trenches.
- Nearly dies. Received many medals.
- when the war ended. Hitler was in hospital.
- He blamed the germans weak politics and the jew for the
defeat of germany
- Politicians to prision
- Hitler stayed in the army. As a v man
- Spied on new on new politicians who could be dangerous
- After a few months Hitler joined a political
party
- Before long he was making speaks and writing articles. Hitler spoke passionately about Germany getting
itself a stronger leader. Claimed jews were germs
- Eventually he was running his own party.
- Called it"National Socialist German Worker's party.
Also known as the Nazi party
- soon make the swastika symbol for the nazi party.
- Told people to beat though who disagreed with him
- Views made him popular. In 1923 he felt strong enough to take
over Germany
- He tried to start a revolution, but failed and was put into
prision.
- while in prison he wrote a
book about his life
- when he was released in 1924 his book made
him get a reputation
- Many people believed about
making Germany BIG once again
- From politician to leader
- By 1928, the nazi's were quit popular, but not popular enough.
- in 1928 the trade began to slow down and the "Great DEPRESSION" started.
- Millions lost their jobs. soon the political parties started to promise solutions to help them get
more votes.
- By 1932 the nazi party were the biggest political party
- Hitler became Germany's Chancellor in 1933