Mowendy Etienne Essays - Adolf Hitler, Nationalism, European People

Mowendy Etienne World history Tuesday, April 10, 2018 How did Hitler and the third Reich come to power? Basic history 1933-1945 How did Hitler and the third Reich come to power? One cannot write about WWII without bringing up Hitler. Before getting appointed chancellor of Germany by president von Hindenburg, Hitler was just a regular German guy who had concerns about his country's future and political power. Born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889; Hitler was fourth of six children. As a child, Hitler argued frequently with his emotionally harsh father, who also didn't support Hitler's later interest in fine art as a career. Following the death of his younger brother, Edmund, in 1990, Hitler became detached and introverted. It appears that is when his inner devil started to take over and would cause Hitler to become one of the world's most cruel man to ever live. (Adolf Hitler Biography), Hitler also showed an early interest in German nationalism, rejecting the authority of Austria-Hungary. This nationalism would become the motivating force of Hitler's life. As Hitler sought to gain power by getting in to politics, he ended up killing millions and changed the world permanently. When Hitler was just thirteen his father passed away, leaving him broken. On the bright side, there would be no more unpleasant words and unwanted arguments with his father over his career choice. Basically, Hitler's father death was a great opportunity for him to pursue his dreams freely. Despite the rough relationship in the past, the inherited money from his father would be the start of his persuasion in art. As art was Hitler's best subject in school, he moved to Vienna to do just that; however, both of his application to Vienna academic of art and the school of architecture were rejected. (www.history.com) At that point, Hitler was in a state of despondency. It is difficult to connect his anti-sentimism directly with the rejection from art school. After all, Hitler returned to the German fatherland and started fighting in the army; during the first world war Hitler volunteered to fight for the German Army and gained the gained of corporal, earning accolades as a dispatch-runner and he won awards for bravery, including the iron cross first class (theholocaustexplained.org) Hitler wasn't always interested in joining the army. In fact, one the reason he left Vienna was to avoid mandatory army service in the Austrian army; finally, after moving back Germany, he volunteer at age twenty-five by enlisting in the Bavarian regiment (Hitler's biography). There could be many reasons why Hitler joined the army as a last resort. one could be the failure to become an artist and two; his early passion in German nationalism, and him finding the treaty of versatile (The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was a document signed between Germany and the Allied Powers following World War I that officially ended that war.) to be degrading to his country, he thought getting into politic would be the perfect way to revenge for his country and also his personal issues. On some level, Hitler made himself likable. He was chosen to attend his first meeting of the Germans worker's party, an anti- Semitic, nationalist group as a spy for the German army; he quickly rose through the ranks, by 1921, he became the head of the party (Nazi); the support of the Hitler's party grew as the country's economy was in terrible conditions and rapid inflation. (Adolf Hitler's Biography) Fast forward to January 30, 1933; Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany by president Von Hindenburg. A year before that, Hitler ran against 84-year-old Paul Von Hindenburg for the presidency. His tactics were using unemployment and the depression that the country had experienced to his advantage. Although he didn't win the elections, people started to see him as a power force in German politics. After the president's death Hitler was in complete control of the country. In March 22, 1933 the first Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau, a small village located near Munich the first commandant of Dachau is Theodor Eicke; "From 1933 until the start of the war in 1939, Hitler and his Nazi regime instituted hundreds of laws and regulation to restrict and exclude