Adolf Hitler: The Mastermind Behind The Nazi Party

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Adolf Hitler was the mastermind behind the Nazi organization. He built the party from the deprived economy of Germany and turned the Nazis into a world power that will be remembered forever in history. T
Once Hitler was released from prison he revived the Nazi party. Hitler was the sole leader of the Nazi party and members swore loyalty to him upon death. They began to become a mass movement from 27,000 members in 1925, the Party grew to 108,000 in 1929(University of south FL.) the SA was the paramilitary unit in the party. The Sa used street terror and propaganda to gain a reputation. The SS was a the special operations unit within the SA but was not useful until the Heinrich Himmler became the leader in 1929. The Nazi party had smaller groups such as Hitler's Youth, the Student's league, and the pupil's league. They even had the women's socialists party that allowed women to get involved. The party didn’t do well in elections with a 2.6% vote. So they shifted to rural towns and gained members by expelling Jewish farmers and Jewish department store owners. The party's main group was young men and the lower middle class.
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Any territory gained during the war from the axis powers were lost. Germany was forced to reparations for the war. Germany and its capital Berlin were divided into four parts. These parts were controlled by the U.S, France, Soviet Union, and Great Britain. The allied powers had separate ideas from the Soviets so Germany and Berlin were divided into 2 separate parts. There was East Berlin which had a communist Soviet government and West Berlin controlled by the other Allies which was a democratic state. Austria was occupied by the allies until 1955. Then the Russians slowly started taking over countries in Eastern Europe and making them into a communist government. This started the cold war and made the iron curtain which divided

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