hitler early years 1

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Adolf Hitler

Rise to Power



Adolf Hitler

Objectives:• The objective of this presentation is to give

students an understanding of Adolf Hitler’s

early, pre-adult years.

• Students will also becoe failiar with

how this seeingly uniportant Austrian

rose to power in post !orld !ar " #erany.



Overall Purpose:The overall purpose of this

presentation is to explainhow this little boy on the

left became the man on the

right who was ultimately

responsible for the death ofabout ! million people all

over the world""



#indja• Adolf Hitler lindi

me $! prill % &''(

ne )raunau%Austri*

• Ai ishte & nga +

femijet , - nga tecilet vdi.en ne

moshe te vogel*



PrinderitAlois /chic0elgruber Hitler was a customs official

who was illegitimate by birth* His father% Adolf1s

grandfather% may have been 2ewish* He died whenAdolf was &3 and left him a small inheritance*

4lara Hitler was very young when she married theolder Alois* /he showered young Adolf with love

and affection* Adolf carried a picture of his mom

until the day he died* /he died of breast cancer

when Adolf was &' years old*



5ducation• Attended a )enedictine monastery school where he

too0 part in the choir*

• 6hen it was time to choose a secondary school% Adolf

wanted to become an artist*

• His father wanted him to become a civil servant% but

after his father died% he dropped out of high school

and attempted to get into the 7ienna Academy of

8ine Arts 9 he failed*

• The following slides are examples of Adolf1s artwor0*


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ears in 7ienna• After his other died, Adolf $now %&' decided to

ove to Austria to pursue his drea of becoing a

great artist.• Again he failed to gain entrance into the Acadey

• He eventually sold all his possessions and becae a

hoeless drifter who slept on par( benches and ate

at soup (itchens throughout )ienna $age %*'

• Adolf did anage to sell soe paintings and

postcards, but reained ipoverished



7ienna 9;mportance• "nfluenced by the anti-

Seitic ayor of

)ienna, +arl ueger • ecae interested in

the idea of #eran

nationalis.

• Also received first

taste of politics



<ilitary /erviceAdolf left Austria at the age of $3 to avoid mandatory

military service that was re.uired of all men*

)ut he did sign up for

military service at the

start of 66 ;* He

joined a )avarian unit

of the =erman Army*

This is a picture of

Hitler listening to an

enlistment speech*



6orld 6ar ;• /cited to fight for

#erany.

• 0ound a hoe fightingfor the 0atherland.

• Highest ran( held was

corporal.

• !as a regiental

essenger, not an easy

job at all.



<ilitary Record• !as awarded the "ron

1ross twice. $2 edals

overall'

• Highest ilitary honor in

#eran Ary.

• Single handedly captured

3 0rench soldiers.• linded by gas attac(

towards end of war.



=erman #oss in 66 ;• Hitler was devastated when he heard the news of

the #eran surrender.

• He was appalled at the anti-war sentient aongthe #eran civilians.

• elieved there was an anti-war conspiracy that

involved the 4ews and 5ar/ists.

• Also, felt that the #eran ilitary did not lose the

war, but that the politicians $ostly 4ews' at hoe

were responsible for the defeat.



#ife after 66 ;• Hitler was depressed

after !! ".

• Still in the ary, he becae an undercover

agent whose job was

to root out 5ar/ists

• Also, lectured about

the dangers of

1ounis and 4ews



=erman 6or0er1s Party• Hitler was sent to

investigate this group

in 5unich in %*%*.• He went to a eeting

and gave a speech.

• He was the as(ed to

becoe a eber,

which he did



>A?; Party is 8ormed• Hitler began to thin0 big

for the =erman

6or0er1s Party

• )egan placing ads for

meetings in anti9/emitic

newspapers

• Hitler changed the name

to >ational /ocialist

=erman 6or0er1s Party

or the >A?;/



Party Platform• Hitler drafted a

platform of $ points

• Revo0e 7ersaillesTreaty

• Revo0e civil rights of

2ews

• @onfiscate

any war

profits

)esides changing the party name% the

red flag with the /6A/T;4A was

adopted as the party symbol



)eer Hall Putsch• October -!% &($-

• Hitler held a rally in

<unich beer hall anddeclared revolution

• #ed $!!! men in ta0e

over of )avarian

=overnment

• ;t failed and Hitler

was imprisoned



Trial and 2ail•At his trial Hitler was charged

with treasonB% he used the

opportunity to spea0 about the

>A?; platform and spread his

popularity*

•The whole nation suddenly 0new

who Adolf Hitler was and what he

stood for

•He was sentenced to five years%but actually only served about (

months

•6hen he left prison% he was ready

to go into action again*



<ein 4ampf • Hitler1s boo0 C<y /truggle6

9 wrote while in jail

• /old million copies% made

him rich• Topics included: 2ews were

evil% =ermans were superior

race% 8uhrer principal%

disli0e of @ommunism and

Democracy and need to

con.uer Russia



#egal Rise to Power• Esed popularity from failed

revolution and boo0 to

seiFe power legally

• /po0e to mass audiencesabout ma0ing =ermany a

great nation again

• >aFi Party:

7 &(-! G &' of vote 7 &(-$ G -! of vote

7 Hitler becomes

@hancellor in &(--



Appeal of Hitler• =ermany was in the midst of an economic

depression with hyper9inflation

• Hitler was a 66 ; hero who tal0ed aboutbringing glory bac0 to the C8atherlandI

• He promised the rich industrialists that he would

end any communist threat in =ermany

• @onstantly blamed 2ews for =ermany1s problems%not the =erman people*

• Hitler was an excellent public spea0er*



/trong Arm Tactics• The C)rownshirtsI or

/A /tormtroopersB

• /A was used to put down

opposition parties

• Threatened and beat up

2ews and ant9>aFi voters

• 6ore brownshirts% pants

and boots

• >umbered almost

3!!%!!! by &(-$



Dictator

• 89eichstag fire6 gives

Hitler total power

• "n %*::, all partieswere outlawed e/cept

the ;a<i party

• =eople’s civil rights

were suspended

• 8;ight of the ong

+nives6



Absolute Power• #eran econoy was

iproving, people were

happy

• Hilter had not political

opposition

• %st concentration cap

opened in %*::

• egan rearing #eran

Ary for e/pansion of

the 9eich



TH55>D

***********************Entil the start of 6orld 6ar ;;

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