The Rise of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a World War I veteran and receiver of two Iron Crosses for his bravery. He was a frustrated artist who eventually found his way into politics. After joining the German Worker's Party, he quickly rose up the ranks. The National Socialist German Worker's Party brought back nationalism to Germany after an embarrassing defeat in war as well as accepting blame and retribution for its role in starting the war.

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Hitler's early life

Hitler as a young artist in Vienna

Service in World War I

"Free Corps"

"Brown Shirts"

Weimar Republic

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi)

Anti-Semitism

Munich Beer Hall

Beer Hall Putsch

Hitler's arrest and imprisonment

Mein Kampf

The Third Reich

Political Career

Chancellor Hitler

Der Fürher

Oranienburg

Enabling Act

Nazi Censorship

Nuremberg Laws

1936 Berlin Olympics

Carl Lewis

Rome-Berlin Axis

Kristallnacht

Non-Agression Pact between Germany and Poland

Hitler's war against Poles

1939 - Invasion of Poland

Concentration Camps

Others targeted by Nazis included Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, Slavs, homosexuals, the handicapped and even some Catholics and Catholic priests