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    Imagine what it would be like to be in a political party that would ignite Europe in a war that would soon involve the entire world. Founded as The German Workers’ Party, and later renamed to The National Socialist Workers (Nazi) Party, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in German, was that party. It was under control by Adolfus (Adolf) Hitler and promoted German pride and anti-Semitism. Thankfully, at the end of World War II, this party was outlawed and many of its top officials were

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    Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany began in September 1919 when he made the decision to join the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - DAP (German Workers' Party). The name was changed in 1920 to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei -NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party, more widely known now as the Nazi Party). This political party was anti-Marxist, anti-Semitic and opposed to the democratic post-war government of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty

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    April 20,1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the leader of germany from 1933-1945. Where he created a political party called the Nazis. The Nazis were right wing. Hitler was the cause the cause of WWII as well as the birth of the holocaust where millions of jews,gypsies and homosexusals where killed. The main victims of the holocaust were the jewish people that is because they germans felt that jews were inferior to them a total 5-6 million jews were murdered it is impossible to fully know the exact

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    The Nazi party which was once called the German Workers’ Party was founded by Anton Drexler, in 1919. With only seventeen members in May and thirty-eight in August the main concept of the parties meetings was to discuss nationalism, and racism which was mostly towards Jews. Adolf Hitler gained power because of his energy and oratorical skills, January 30, 1933. He then reassigned all the positions on the party board and changed the party's name to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. With Hitler's’

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    joined the German Workers Power, which was founded by Karl Harrer and Anton Drexler (“Nazi Party”). The party though that the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I was unfair to Germany and felt they were given jobs that could not be paid. Hitler then became a very famous leader by blaming the Marxists and Jews for the economic problems that Germany faced after the war. In 1921, Adolf Hitler gained power of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers, also known as the Nazi Party (“Nazi Party”). In

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    Friedrich Ebert was a polarizing figure in German history. As a major party leader in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and future president of the first German Republic, Ebert was a major influence in shaping politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As president of the Weimar Republic, Ebert presided over the incredibly difficult years following World War I. Many of his opponents, and opponents of the Weimar Republic and Constitution, decried the government and its leaders for acquiescing to

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    Schlieffen plan From 1891 to 1906, Alfred von Schlieffen, the German chief of staff, designed a strategy for the invasion of France through the broad Belgian plains. “According to Spielvogel, p772, The Schlieffen plan called for a minimal troop deployment against Russia while most of the German army would make a rapid invasion of western France by way a neutral Belgium.” “According to Spielvogel, p775, the Schlieffen plan had called for the German army to make a vast encircling movement through Belgium

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    Adolf Hitler was a German leader of the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. He was one of the most powerful and infamous dictators of the 20th century. In Germany he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September of 1939, and enabled the Holocaust. In World War I, he rose to power in the National Socialist German Workers Party, taking control over the German government in 1933. Baptized a Catholic, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. In 1898

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    Hitler's Rise To Power

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    contributed to these results? A German man named Adolf Hitler created his Nazi Party and slowly rose to power through politics and military power. As a result, Hitler and his Nazi Party started WWII as well as having a significant impact on the world. First, Adolf Hitler had early life connections to his political career that led to his viewpoints and affiliations. Second, the Nazi Party could have an impact on the world with certain people, reasons, and goals. Third, the Nazi Party used the Jews as scapegoats

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    period, the German Communist Party (KPD – Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) was viewed by many as Nazi Party’s major rival with regards to national power acquisition. The German Communist Party sprang from the Spartacist Movement led by Karl Liebknicht and Rosa Luxemburg. The SA and the Communist Party engaged in several street battles that were especially common during the period of depression that occurred after the 29th of October 1929 Wall Street Crash. The German Communist Party had most of

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