Hitler: A Prelude to War

A detailed Summary of Hitler: A Prelude to War

Adolf Hitler was a brilliant man, a charismatic leader,

and a harsh dictator. His promises of a better life for

nationalistic Germans allowed him to successfully rise

to power and attempt world domination. He ruled through

terror and left a staggering death toll of six million

Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. He dropped out of

school at age 14, and four years later left his home for

Vienna to become an artist. He was told he had no

artistic talent and was denied admission into the

Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (Pinchbeck). Living on

the streets of Vienna he "discovered that the Germans

were a superior race of people and the natural masters

of the inferior races of Europe. He also learned his

anti-Semitism, racism and hatred of all Slavic people"

(Kreis). He was inspired but an ex-monk named

Liebenfels who taught him the belief in "the superiority

of the Germans, the inevitability of racial conflict and

the inferiority of the Jews" and also taught him that to

grow the master race by selective breeding and the

"systematic sterilization of inferior races" (Kreis).

When was broke out in 1914, Hitler found in it meaning

and discipline and a reason for living. The war

both the excitement of fighting a war and the feeling of

regime because we were slow to step in and protect them.

races of people" (Kreis). He believed Jews were

eager to appease Hitler and "although most western

buildings, huge stadiums, virtually eliminated

National Socialist German Worker's Party, Nazi for short

since World War I" (Westra). His obsession with racial

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Category: History

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