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