Adolf Hitler As A Leader Of Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler

Ciera Lamb

Mr. Reeves

Senior English IV

March 3, 2015

Contents

Introduction..................................................................................3

Early Life......................................................................................3

Rise to Power................................................................................4

Drug Use.......................................................................................5

Nazi Party.....................................................................................6

The SS..........................................................................................7

Holocaust.....................................................................................10

Conclusion....................................................................................13

Adolf Hitler

One of the most infamous and powerful dictators of the 20th century would have to be Adolf Hitler. He was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. His attack on Poland in 1939 started World War II. He also caused the death of over 6 million Jews and other groups he believed were a threat to Aryan supremacy, during the Holocaust, with the establishments of concentration camps. Hitler then later killed himself on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker with his wife Eva Braun.

Early Life

Adolf Hitler was born in Branau am Inn, Austria on April 20, 1889. He was the fourth out of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Plozl. At the age of three, his family moved to Germany. Hitler and his father did not get along well, because of interest in fine arts rather than business. He also showed great enthusias...

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...th marches” went on all the way up to Germany’s surrender, resulting in the deaths of up to about 375,000 people. Many people have written books, done interviews, and told about their lives in these concentration camps or life during the Holocaust. One of the most famous books would be the diary of a little Jewish girl named Anne Frank.

Conclusion

During the time Adolf Hitler was dictator, he had managed to wipe out 6 million of the 9 million Jews living in Germany and surrounding areas and had managed to kill nearly 40 million people, which included 27 million in the Soviet Union. His political program sent the world into war which left Eastern and Central Europe devastated and impoverished. The defeat of Hitler, marked the end of Germany controlling Europe and ended fascism. After the end of WWII, a new conflict, the Cold War, affected the world.