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“He was quick to anger from childhood onward and would not listen to anyone. He would get the craziest notions and got away with them.” This quote from Adolf Hitler's brother, Alois Jr., shows that even in childhood, he was narcissistic and troubled. His life was full of hatred, failure, and heartbreak. All of these tragedies are what lead to his rise and his downfall.
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau, Austria. His mother is Klara Hitler, and his father is Alois Hitler (Rubenstein 5). Klara and Alois married after Alois had already had two children. Adolf was born as the 4th child. He and Klara were always extremely close (Giblin 11). His father, however, was a different story. Because they lived in a crowded home, Alois …show more content…

He was remarkably interested in art and architecture. This cause problems with his father. Alois constantly pushed Adolf to pursue the job that he wanted Adolf to have. Adolf despised this notion. He did not like the idea of having to sit in a desk all day and doing something he did not love (Giblin 8). He wanted to go to a well known art school in Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts. Adolf took the first exam to see if he could get in, and he passed. However, when he went to take the second examination, he did not get a passing grade. This destroyed him, and he kept this from everyone he knew back home and lived there (Giblin 10). This was the first major failure in his life. This caused him to drift until he joined WW1. He was called to service and it quickly gave his life meaning. He was a brave soldier and was promoted to Corporal. Adolf was wounded twice and was awarded many medals for his service. In October 1918, he was partially blinded by a mustard gas attack. While in the hospital recovering, he heard of the armistice that ended the war. This crushed him and his life did not have as much meaning as it once did (“Early …show more content…

He told the German people that they needed to resist the jewish people and the communists. He made the people believe that they would build a new empire without those two groups (“Adolf Hitler”). Around 1923, the Nazi Party started to grow stronger. They devised a plan to take control of the Munich government. They were going to try and take control of a meeting that was being held in the Beer Hall. This attempt failed. Because of this, Adolf was sentenced to 5 years in prison on the charge of treason (“Hitler, Adolf”). Hitler only served 9 months of the 5 years in prison, but during this time he wrote his famous autobiography, “Mein Kampf”. That translates to “My Struggle”. His autobiography had things such as, his views on what was wrong about German society. He targeted Democrats, Communists, internationalists, but Jews were what he hated the most. He blamed them for everything wrong in the world. He believed that Jews did not have a culture, and that they perverted other cultures and called them their own. Hitler also believed that they were an “anti-race” (“Adolf Hitler”). Once out of prison, he felt as if he was a failure, and only a few members of the Nazi party were still together (“Hitler,

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