The Autobiography Of Mein Kampf

The dominant political figure of German history in the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler, was born in a lower middle class family in the provincial Austrian town of Braunau am Inn on 20 April 1889. In 1907 Hitler applied to enter the Vienna Academy of Art but his application was rejected. After the death of his mother Klara, Hitler decided to move to Vienna. He drifted from job to job, often selling sketches or painting scenes of Old Vienna and it was a period that he himself later called the most miserable period of his life. Many of Hitler’s views of the world were shaped by his experiences on the streets of Vienna and it is probable that his violent anti-Semitism dates from this time.

Hitler wanted the “Perfect Race” because he believed that the Aryan people and Germany was destined to rule the world. Hitler also felt that democracy and workers’ rights would disrupt society. He thought Germans should have enough living space for all the German people and that only people of German or Aryan blood should live in Germany. He believed that no non-Germans should have any say in Germany. He did not believe that Jews could be considered German. He made laws that banned marriage between non-Jewish and Jewish

Hitler states, “It is idle to argue which race or races were the original representative of human culture and hence the real founders of all that we sum up under the word ‘humanity’(Hitler 605). According to himself, the top is a Germanic man with light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, known as Aryan. He is stated as the founder of all higher humanity and represents the prototype of all that we understand by the word ‘man’. Hitler disapproved of Marxism because it disregards the idea of nationalism and the importance of race. Through Hitler’s eye, Marxism basically handed the world over to the Jews, in which the Jews would have much control over Europe. In addition, he felt as though Marxism would give the Jews power in order to enslave and destroy people that are not Jewish. Jews contaminated aspects of culture such as art, literature, and theater and they convert these significant elements of society into their own beliefs. Overall, the Jews wanted to eliminate all others and control the Germans for their own gain. It was the battle for world domination; racially, culturally, and politically between the Aryans and the Jews. Hitler wanted to keep the Jews and Aryan separate because he felt as though the Jews were truly evil people and should be eliminated and the Aryans should be kept pure. Mixing between races would lower the quality of the higher race and would cause regression of the

Throughout his regime, the segregation between the so-called Aryans and the Jews intensified. Hitler utilized the Jewish people as scapegoats to bring an increase to his political and social supports, stirring up hatred towards the Jews within the German nation. Children were taught to despise Jews, and social views on the Jewish people and culture shifted towards a discriminatory attitude towards the Jews. Hitler himself even stated that “the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew” in his autobiographical manifesto, titled “Mein Kampf”. This hierarchy was established in Germany, and the Jewish people were put at the bottom, being labelled as unworthy of life, due to their ‘inhuman’ nature. Ultimately, this intensified and met the extreme procedure of the organized genocide of the Final

Mein Kampf is an autobiographical by Adolf Hitler. In his book he wrote many of his ideas for Germany in its upcoming years. Mein Kampf in English is “My Struggle”. Many refer to this book as “The National Socialism Bible”. This book created the Nazi Party. It was published in 2 volumes and translated into 11 different languages.The book was on the rise and sold over 5,000,000 copies of it.

Mein Kampf was crucial to Hitler’s political uprise. It was Hitler’s autobiography, made up of two volumes that contained two main purposes; to help him attract Nazi Party followers and to outline his devious plans for a greater, more powerful Germany (We Remember the Holocaust). He wrote the first volume while in Landsberg Prison in November 1923. He figured he needed to gain control of Germany and its surrounding countries a slightly different way after he was arrested for his partake in the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to take over the government of Bavaria. Hitler wrote the second volume the following year, during his gradual dictatorial uprise. The first volume was eventually published on July 18, 1925, and the second volume was published the year after (britannicaschool.eb).

Hitler believed that the bloodline and race determined the human experience, and believed that the Aryan race, the race of most Germans, was superior (Stein 23-24). Hitler believed that the bloodline needed to stay pure so that they could overtake the inferior races. (Stein 24) Hitler also thought that all great cultures that had died out had been killed by “blood poisoning” (Stein 25). Hitler believed that all “art, science, and technology…are almost exclusively the creative product of the Aryan” (Stein 25). Hitler was convinced that the Jewish race was the enemy of the Aryan, and therefore attributed all wrongdoings, criminal or general evil, to the Jewish race (Stein 26-27). The Jews were seen as parasites, latching on to any country or race that even began to accept them, as they have never had an actual territory to call their own, and therefore had no real culture in Hitler’s eyes (Stein

As Hitler was imprisoned he had spare time, time to write a book named mein kampf. Mein kampf originally had a different name at one time, Mein kampf also talks about how the Aryan race is more superior to others, the military tactics involved with Mein kampf, and also in mein kampf he talks about how Jews are a lower power than others

<br>Mein Kamph is an important book because it reveals a great deal about Hitler's mind, outlook and the ideas that became the basis of National Socialism. What he wrote as his philosophy in 1924 he began to implement as policy when he became supreme ruler of Germany after 1934.

For my research project, I have chosen to investigate Adolf Hitler and how he came to despise the Jewish race. My thesis question for this project is “What lead to Hitler’s desire to exterminate the Jews in Europe?”. For this investigation, two sources that have been of help to me are both Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and World War II: a definitive visual history by Alison Sturgeon. The book Mein Kampf is an original source document written by Adolf Hitler and translated by James Murphey. Mein Kampf was published in 1995 by Franz Eher Nachfolger in Germany. Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Germany from 1934-1945. The purpose of this book is the provide insight into Hitler’s first hand thoughts and to share them with the public. In the author’s notes in Mein Kampf, Hitler says the following… “After years of uninterrupted labour it was now possible for the first time to begin a work which many had asked for and which I myself felt would be profitable for the Movement. So I decided to devote two volumes to a description not only of the aims of our Movement but also of its development. There is more to be learned from this than from any purely doctrinaire treatise.” Hitler wrote this book while incarcerated due to his attempt in overthrowing the German government in 1923. This source is valuable because it is a look into Hitler’s actual thoughts and this is important because my historical investigation requires a look into why Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews in Europe and

Mein Kampf in English translates to: my struggle to understand the truth. Hated and fear of the Jews are the two main themes of the book. Hitler had an absolute obsession with the Jews and was convinced that the Jews were planning to take over Germany and were on the verge to victory. After reading the provided pages from this book, I believe that Hitler truly saw a life/death apocalyptic struggle between the citizens of Germany and the Jews and uses this as a scapegoat for the problems of Germany as a political instrument.

Mein Kampf is a outrageous book written by Adolf Hitler. The title "Mein Kampf" in Germany means my struggle and was published in the summer of 1925, followed by his second version in 1927. Mein Kampf was written while he was imprisoned. "Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice" was Hitlers orignally title that he chose. His publisher thought it would have been better to give it a shorter title. Hitler talked about his life and gave ideas of how he would run Germany. He portrayed the Germans as being the superior race (blue eyes, pale-complexioned skin and blond hair) over all the other races. Hitler refers to the German people as an Aryan or the master race. In the book, he categorized people based on their physical appearance. Hitler 's book revealed his hatred against the Jews and the Bolsheviks. Hitler 's "The Mein Kampf" was like some kind of "Bible" that the Nazis took as a guide. It basically told them everything that they would do.

Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” which meant My Struggle; he was trying to connect to the Germans, after all, what happened in the War. First, he wanted to cut out a complete race because to him they were different than they were. Also that if you were different than you were not good enough. HE wanted everyone that lived in Germany to be German. Hitler also believed that if they were physical, mentally unhealthy then they should not produce offspring. During this time, it was thought that Hitler believed that there was a greater

Mein Kamp "My Struggle") is an autobiographical manifesto by National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler published in July 18th 1925 by Franz Eher Nachfolger. In which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Hitler began to dictate his book to Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess while imprisoned following his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923. Although while imprisoned Hitler got many visitors daily he slowly became more dedicated towards his book. Hitler realised that he would have to make it a two volume work, with his first volume to be released in 1925. Although Hitler originally wrote this book mostly for the followers of National Socialism, despite the book being very difficult to read and repetitive, it grew in popularity.

Hitler had an insane hatred for the Jews. He felt that the whining Jewish population was what prevented the country of Germany to rising to its former glory. Before coming into power, Hitler wrote a book explaining his hatred and why others should hate as well. The book was not very popular at the time but would later be held as the nazi “bible”.