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The Rise and Fall of Hitlers Reich Feeling that all was lost,
Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. By orders formally given by him
before his death, SS officers immersed Hitler's body in gasoline and
burned it in the garden of the Chancellery. Soon after the suicide of
Hitler, the Germ On Easter Sunday April 20, 1889, at an inn called the
Gasth of Zum Pommer, the wife of an Austrian Customs official gave birth
to a son, Adolf Hitler. He was the fourth child to the parents of Alois
and Klara Hitler of Austria. Hitler was a good student. One of the
teachers in his high school classified young Hitler as "notorious,
cantankerous, willful, arrogant, and irascible. He has an obvious
difficulty in fitting in at school." He did well enough to get by in some
of his courses but had no time for Adolf saw no real reason to stay in
high school. He left school at age sixteen without a leaving certificate.
In Septeraber 1907, Hitler left home taking with him all the money
left to him by his father, who had died a few years earlier. The money
would preliminary examination, the applicant was asked to submit drawings.
Biblical drawings were most preferred. Hitler's drawings were returned
saying they were "too wooden and too lifeless." He was rejected. He tried
three months later and did not get pa Hitler moved into an apartment with
his friend in Vienna. He pretended to be a student living off his
relatives money. He read many books and sat in on the Austrian government
sessions . Hitler speaks of his life in Vienna as "five years in which I
had In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Life was not much better there until
the First World War started in 1914. While many people were frightened and
sad at the thought of a world war, Hitler was delighted. He held the rank
of corporal, and in forty-seven b On October 13th 1918, a month before
Germany surrendered to the Allies, his good luck ran out. When Hitler and
his fellow dispatch runners were waiting in line for their food rations,
British troops began lobbing high explosive shells nearby. Some of th
Hitler soon regained use of his eyes, but as he was about to rejoin his
regiment, he got the terrible news of Germany's surrender. "Once again,
everything went black before my eyes, and I tottered and groped my way
back to the place where we slept and bu As part of Hitler's job, he
investigated a party called "the German Workers' Party." He was disgusted
how the group had no organization, although he was in favor of many of the
party's ideas. To follow up with his job, he joined the group to make sure
t Hitler finally found his talent as a great orator. He first became aware
of his talent while teaching at the University of Munich. When he talked,
he held his audiences spellbound. He would sometimes lose five pounRAB a
night by getting so active in his He persuaded the other party merabers to
rent one of the largest halls in Munich_one that seated at least 2,000
people. There Hitler made of list of demanRAB to the German government.
Point twenty-five said, "For modern society, a colossus with feet of cl
Ernst Rohm, a friend of Hitler's, organized a group of storm troopers for
Hitler. The German name for storm troopers was Storm Abtcilung, or SA for
short. They first beat and killed hecklers at Nazi speakings. When there
were no hecklers, they found Je By the summer of 1923, the Nazi party had
grown to 150,000 merabers. With the Nazi movement growing so rapidly,
Hitler knew it was time to make a move on Germany.
Noveraber 11, 1923 seemed like a perfect time for Hitler to make
the grab for power. It was Hitler captured the government leaders and
forced them to join him. His 3,000 men then marched to Berlin in an
attempt to take it over. The German police were waiting. Shots were fired
and sixteen nazis and two policemen lay dead. HundreRAB more were w The
trial was a "political circus". Hitler was allowed to speak for hours at a
time. During one of his speeches he said, "It is the External Court of
History _ That court will judge us _ as Germans who wanted the best for
their people and their fatherla Hitler served only nine months of his
five-year sentence. The guarRAB gave him a suite of several adjoining
rooms where guests could come or go as they pleased. He was sent many
gifts and grew visibly fatter. He wrote a book called Mein Kampf, or My
Str The government banned the Nazi party after the revolt. There were also
many reasons for lack of Nazi activity. The Allies had loosened their
grip on the German economy. The French had left the Ruhr leaving Germany's
industries intact, and the United St The depression in America caused the
economic system in Germany to plummet. Because of the harsh times, Nazis
got two million more votes then the Communist party. The election put
them just under the Democratic party and gave them 107 more seats in the
House. Hitler was planning on running for President of Germany against
Paul Von Hinderburg, a social democrat. Hitler campaigned frequently,
going to every major city and town. He was the f By 1932 the SA troops
nurabered 400,000. The SA's goal was to make people afraid, and they
accomplished that with ease. One of the most popular chants of the SA
troops is as follows: "Sharpen the knives on the sidewalk so that they
can cut the enemy's bo In the election of 1932, Hitler could not beat out
the eighty-five year old President Hindenburg. However, 230 Nazi
candidates held seats, and Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany. It was
the second highest position in the German government. With only Hitler
still was not elected to the Presidency. Using force, Hitler got
Hinderburg to pass a law that abolished freedom of speech, of the press,
and of asserably. Hitler then brought before the court the Enabling Act.
This law gave Hitler the power of a After the bills were passed, the
German military feared that when Hitler took full leadership of the
country, they would lose control, and the SA would take over. Hitler
assured the military that this was not true. To gain their trust, he gave
them a li In August of 1934 President Hindenburg died. Hitler's last
obstacle in his quest for complete power was removed. Using his unlimited
powers, he corabined the offices of president and chancellor. To everyone
in Germany he was now Der Fuhrer, the leader. Avoiding capture by the
approaching forces, Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. The world was
never the same again. Hitler's Reich was over, and millions of jews were
dead. Quite rightly, the world asked questions: How could this have
happened?
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The Rise and Fall of Hitlers Reich Feeling that all was lost,
Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. By orders formally given by him
before his death, SS officers immersed Hitler's body in gasoline and
burned it in the garden of the Chancellery. Soon after the suicide of
Hitler, the Germ On Easter Sunday April 20, 1889, at an inn called the
Gasth of Zum Pommer, the wife of an Austrian Customs official gave birth
to a son, Adolf Hitler. He was the fourth child to the parents of Alois
and Klara Hitler of Austria. Hitler was a good student. One of the
teachers in his high school classified young Hitler as "notorious,
cantankerous, willful, arrogant, and irascible. He has an obvious
difficulty in fitting in at school." He did well enough to get by in some
of his courses but had no time for Adolf saw no real reason to stay in
high school. He left school at age sixteen without a leaving certificate.
In Septeraber 1907, Hitler left home taking with him all the money
left to him by his father, who had died a few years earlier. The money
would preliminary examination, the applicant was asked to submit drawings.
Biblical drawings were most preferred. Hitler's drawings were returned
saying they were "too wooden and too lifeless." He was rejected. He tried
three months later and did not get pa Hitler moved into an apartment with
his friend in Vienna. He pretended to be a student living off his
relatives money. He read many books and sat in on the Austrian government
sessions . Hitler speaks of his life in Vienna as "five years in which I
had In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Life was not much better there until
the First World War started in 1914. While many people were frightened and
sad at the thought of a world war, Hitler was delighted. He held the rank
of corporal, and in forty-seven b On October 13th 1918, a month before
Germany surrendered to the Allies, his good luck ran out. When Hitler and
his fellow dispatch runners were waiting in line for their food rations,
British troops began lobbing high explosive shells nearby. Some of th
Hitler soon regained use of his eyes, but as he was about to rejoin his
regiment, he got the terrible news of Germany's surrender. "Once again,
everything went black before my eyes, and I tottered and groped my way
back to the place where we slept and bu As part of Hitler's job, he
investigated a party called "the German Workers' Party." He was disgusted
how the group had no organization, although he was in favor of many of the
party's ideas. To follow up with his job, he joined the group to make sure
t Hitler finally found his talent as a great orator. He first became aware
of his talent while teaching at the University of Munich. When he talked,
he held his audiences spellbound. He would sometimes lose five pounRAB a
night by getting so active in his He persuaded the other party merabers to
rent one of the largest halls in Munich_one that seated at least 2,000
people. There Hitler made of list of demanRAB to the German government.
Point twenty-five said, "For modern society, a colossus with feet of cl
Ernst Rohm, a friend of Hitler's, organized a group of storm troopers for
Hitler. The German name for storm troopers was Storm Abtcilung, or SA for
short. They first beat and killed hecklers at Nazi speakings. When there
were no hecklers, they found Je By the summer of 1923, the Nazi party had
grown to 150,000 merabers. With the Nazi movement growing so rapidly,
Hitler knew it was time to make a move on Germany.
Noveraber 11, 1923 seemed like a perfect time for Hitler to make
the grab for power. It was Hitler captured the government leaders and
forced them to join him. His 3,000 men then marched to Berlin in an
attempt to take it over. The German police were waiting. Shots were fired
and sixteen nazis and two policemen lay dead. HundreRAB more were w The
trial was a "political circus". Hitler was allowed to speak for hours at a
time. During one of his speeches he said, "It is the External Court of
History _ That court will judge us _ as Germans who wanted the best for
their people and their fatherla Hitler served only nine months of his
five-year sentence. The guarRAB gave him a suite of several adjoining
rooms where guests could come or go as they pleased. He was sent many
gifts and grew visibly fatter. He wrote a book called Mein Kampf, or My
Str The government banned the Nazi party after the revolt. There were also
many reasons for lack of Nazi activity. The Allies had loosened their
grip on the German economy. The French had left the Ruhr leaving Germany's
industries intact, and the United St The depression in America caused the
economic system in Germany to plummet. Because of the harsh times, Nazis
got two million more votes then the Communist party. The election put
them just under the Democratic party and gave them 107 more seats in the
House. Hitler was planning on running for President of Germany against
Paul Von Hinderburg, a social democrat. Hitler campaigned frequently,
going to every major city and town. He was the f By 1932 the SA troops
nurabered 400,000. The SA's goal was to make people afraid, and they
accomplished that with ease. One of the most popular chants of the SA
troops is as follows: "Sharpen the knives on the sidewalk so that they
can cut the enemy's bo In the election of 1932, Hitler could not beat out
the eighty-five year old President Hindenburg. However, 230 Nazi
candidates held seats, and Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany. It was
the second highest position in the German government. With only Hitler
still was not elected to the Presidency. Using force, Hitler got
Hinderburg to pass a law that abolished freedom of speech, of the press,
and of asserably. Hitler then brought before the court the Enabling Act.
This law gave Hitler the power of a After the bills were passed, the
German military feared that when Hitler took full leadership of the
country, they would lose control, and the SA would take over. Hitler
assured the military that this was not true. To gain their trust, he gave
them a li In August of 1934 President Hindenburg died. Hitler's last
obstacle in his quest for complete power was removed. Using his unlimited
powers, he corabined the offices of president and chancellor. To everyone
in Germany he was now Der Fuhrer, the leader. Avoiding capture by the
approaching forces, Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. The world was
never the same again. Hitler's Reich was over, and millions of jews were
dead. Quite rightly, the world asked questions: How could this have
happened?
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