Biography Of Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Baurau am Inn, Austria to Adolf Hitler Sr. and Klara Polz. Adolf had five other siblings but his three older siblings, Gustav, Ida and Otto, died in infancy. At the age of three Adolf and his family moved to Passau, Germany and began to have more of a lower Bavarian dialect, rather than an Austrian-German accent. In 1894, Hitler 's family moved back to Austria and lived in Leoning 's and a year later moved to a small landholding in Helfeld where Adolf attended Volksschule, a state- owned school. After moving to Helfeld, Hitler and his father constantly fought because of Adolfs refusal to conform to the school 's strict discipline. Adolf 's fathers effort to farm failed and shortly after they moved …show more content…
In 1898, Adolf and his family permanently settled in Leoning and two years later his brother Edmund died of measles which affected Adolf deeply. After Edmund 's death Adolf became detached and introverted and constantly fought with his father and teachers. After having a successful career in customs bureau, Alois wanted Adolf to follow in his footsteps but Adolf wanted to become an artist so he refused becoming a bureau. In 1900, Alois sent Hitler to the Realschule, but Adolf rebelled against his father 's …show more content…
Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who promised the Germans a better life and a new Germany. In 1932, he ran for president against Paul von Hindenburg and came in second both rounds. Hitler game 30% of the vote in the final election and Hindenburg agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor. After becoming chancellor, he use his power to form a de facto legal dictatorship and make the passage of the Enabling Act. Hitler now had all power over the legislative and executive branches. By July 14, 1933 the Nazis were declared only legal political party in Germany. On June 30 to July 2, 1934, demands for a political and military power led to the Night of the Long Knives; Röhm, other as a liters and a member of Hitler 's political enemies were killed during this time period in August 1934, the cabinet enacted a loss of pressing the office of president, making Hitler the head of state and government. He was also supreme commander of the Armed Forces and began to mobilize for war. Hitler started to promote anti-smoking campaign and then alcohol and meat from his soldiers to keep their bodies free of intoxicating or unclean substances. One of the biggest concepts for Nazis was racial hygiene. Hitler started banning Jew and non-Jew marriages and wanted “non-Aryans” for the benefit of German citizenship. As racial

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