Adolf Hitler: Man Of The Reign Of Terror

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On April 20, 1889, a child was born in a small Austrian village who would be known to the world as the “Reign of Terror,” but also would be titled “Man of the Year”. His terror has only just begun but, stakes are high as rumors spread like wildfire about the abhorrent crimes and torture he has put upon primarily on the Jewish and Gypsy population.
It has only been one year since Adolf Hitler proclaimed himself to be Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor) and already his plans are slowly unfolding. It all began when Hitler banned all Jewish people from serving in the military. Already, Hitler has enforced the very first anti-Jewish law known as the Nuremberg Laws. Soon to follow, he no longer considered Jews German citizens,

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