Hitler's Turning Points

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Hitler believed that there were four main ideas that would create a supreme Germany and for it to be seen as a great nation again. He believed that he needed to expand Germany to grow his following. He wanted complete power to redeem WW1 and get revenge on the people that discriminated against Germany. It did not help that Germany had to abide by the Treaty of Versailles laws. The Treaty laws were mostly aimed at Germany and how they could pay for WW1. Hitler also believed that Jews contaminated the German population and blamed them for the loss of WW1. All these ideas were how Hitler believed would lead to the respect of Germany again.

Hitler wanted power, he wanted to create a superior German population and he wanted to make Germany great again. To carry out these ideas, he needed to expand the German territory. Sudetenland was one of the turning points in Hitler's rise to power. After WW1, Sudetenland became part of Czechoslovakia because of the new nation frontiers that were drawn after WW1 and
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He believed that they were inferior to the Aryan race and they profited from the misery of the Germans. The Nuremberg laws were anti-semitic laws that deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship, treating them like objects not living, breathing people. The laws also prohibited Jews from practising certain professions such as teaching or medicine. Kristallnacht, also known as "Crystal Night", was an attack on Jewish shops, homes, and synagogues. The segregation of Jews was one of the most controversial and horrible things that happened during WW2. Many Jews were sent to concentration camps, especially after the beginning of WW2. Most of the Jews died from the work they were forced to do, or were murdered directly. Then, all the Jews were collected from all parts of German-occupied Europe and transported to the solution to the Jewish population - their total

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