Confusion had engulfed Germany's people, and every citizen was desperately looking for something to grab on to, something to belong to, something or someone to soothe the agony of defeat. World War I produced such a man, a man that is probably the most infamous person to ever walk the face of this earth. His name...Adolf Hitler...a name that even fifty years after his death strikes fear into the hearts of people world-wide.

As you can tell the book I read was about the "empire" Adolf Hitler created literally out of ruins. The book The Third Reich talks about Hitler's rise to power, the flexing or his power, and his bitter defeat. The book contains 114 pages and is written by Michael Berwick which on one occasion found himself face-to-face with the Fuhrer.

The year is 1918 and Germany surrendered to the Allies putting an end to World War I. Even though the war was over Germany's victors wanted to further crush them. The Allies completely disgraced Germany with the Versailles treaty, which wouldn't even allow them to have an air force.

Now that Hitler had Germany completely under his control it was time for the rest of the world. Hitlers first move was to "annex" Austria. This of course was accomplished with ease. In fact the majority of Austrians greeted Hitler with parades down their city streets. To keep Germany and Austria ideals straight Hitler created the S.S. (Schutzaffel (bodyguard)) To keep it short this was Hitlers secret police that were told to enforce Hitlers "laws" by USING ANY MEANS NECESSARY. And believe me they did just that. If you were to even think an anti-German thought you were likely to be killed on the spot. So as you can see...terror reigned supreme. (to become an S.S. officer here is the oath:

Now that Hitler had seized power, he needed to fire up his country. (keeping in mind his rule is now totalitarian) To do this he used a number of different methods. First he called upon one of his friends Dr. Josef Goebbels; his job was to create Nazi (National Socialist German Workers' Party) propaganda. Secondly to unite the German people he needed a scapegoat. For this he blamed all of Germany's problems on the Jews (the reason I use the Jews is because they were the majority; because I also know that Hitler "weeded out" Gypsies and others that didn't conform to the Aryan race) Thirdly Hitler destroyed ANYTHING that was anti-German, and yes I mean everything from literature to people. All of these plans plus the fact that Hitler was one of the greatest public speakers of all time made him an excellent yet demented leader. I quote Rudolph Hess (one of the hierarchy in the "German Empire") "Hitler is always right, and he will always be right. The National Socialism of all of us is anchored in uncritical loyalty, the surrender to the Fuhrer, in the silent execution of his orders. We believe that the Fuhrer is obeying a higher call t

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Approximate Word count = 1247
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)