Transcript Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler
The Life and Death
1889-1918
• Adolf didn’t do well in school and never graduated
from high school.
• He was denied admittance into the Academy of
Fine Arts and so he joined the army and fought in
World War I.
• On October 14, 1918, Hitler was blinded by gas in
Belgium and sent to a hospital.
• While in the hospital, he was treated for hysterical
blindness. His sight returned, but he lost it again
when he heard that Germany had surrendered. He
heard voices telling him to save Germany and
when he regained his vision, he decided to enter
into politics
1918-1923
• In Munich, he took over a little group calling
themselves the German Worker’s Party.
• On Feb. 24, 1920, Hitler spoke to his first mass
audience of 2,000 at the Hofbrauhaus where he first
presented his idea of the Nazi Party
• In 1922, Hitler led a march intended to go to Berlin,
starting in Munich, but he was defeated and sixteen
of his comrades were killed. He was imprisoned.
Stephanie Jansten
-Hitler never even met her, but admired her from afar
-He meant to commit suicide with her
Mitzi Reiter
-a 16 year old who dated Hitler and tried to commit
suicide by choking herself with a clothesline tied to
the door
Geli Raubal
-the daughter of his half-sister who was 19 yrs. Younger
-she moved in with him, but cheated on him
numerous times
-she committed suicide by shooting herself
Eva Braun
-She was 17 when Hitler started dating her.
-She was jealous of his dedication to politics and the
women he posed with and tried to commit suicide
the same way that Geli did.
-After that, Hitler paid her more attention and she
became his exclusive mistress.
1932-1933
• In early 1932, Hitler ran for president against Von
Hindenburg, but lost by millions of votes.
• However, there were many parties in the election
and a run-off election was held. Even though Hitler
received more votes, he still lost.
• Even though he lost the election for president, he
was appointed chancellor and used his new
position to get rid of democracy in Germany.
• His popularity grew and people flocked to his
birthplace, chipping stones from the foundation to
take back with them, and washing in the wooden
trough in the courtyard as if it were holy water.
1934
• Hitler proposed an alliance with Mussolini of Italy but
he was turned down.
• The head of his SA was planning a revolt, so Hitler
took him and any enemies out in the Night of the
Long Knives.
• Hindenberg signed a law combining the offices of
President and Chancellor on his death.
• When Hitler went to visit him on his deathbed, Von
Hindenberg took one look at him and clamped his
mouth shut, refusing to talk to him.
• When Hindenberg died, 90 percent of Germans
voted Hitler into the position of President.
1935-1938
• Hitler acquired countries and territories peacefully
like Austria and Czechoslovakia.
• He improved living conditions by:
-creating the Autobahn (system of highways)
-developing a people’s car that was compact and
affordable (the VW)
-improving pollution problems and the general
health of the nation as well as working conditions
-he envisioned better things for the future such as
underground parking garages
1939-1945
• Hitler invades Poland with the Soviet Union, then
betrays them.
• Mussolini from Italy finally agrees to join him, as does
the Japanese, who launch the attack on the United
States.
• The Final Solution against the Jews was carried out
while medical experiments were carried out against
other victims groups (such as seeing how long
gypsies could survive on salt water or if poison
bullets would kill fast if it was a flesh wound)
• Germany was badly losing the war by the end of
1944 and surrendered in 1945
Dr. Erwin Giesing
-His doctor once tried to kill him by giving him a
double dose of cocaine, but it didn’t have any
effect on Hitler
The Bomb Plot
-There was a bomb in a briefcase on a conference
table that was accidentally moved at the last
minute by an aide
Johann Elser
-Planted a bomb in a pillar in the beer hall set to go
off at 9:20 am but Hitler ended his speech ten
minutes early and left abruptly
• In April of 1945, Hitler moved into the Fueherbunker, an
underground bunker fifty feet below the chancellery buildings in
Berlin.
• Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels brought his entire family,
including six young children, to live with Hitler in the bunker.
• When Berlin was attacked by the Russians, most people left the
bunker to go to the mountain retreat.
•
On April 28th, Heinrich Himmler surrendered to the Allies. Hitler was so mad
that he ordered Himmler’s personal rep. in the bunker, who was also Eva
Braun’s brother in law, to be taken above ground and shot.
•
Later that evening, he dictated his last will and political statement.
•
On April 29th, he married Eva Braun in a civil ceremony and celebrated his
marriage for an hour.
• Hitler then prepared for his death…he first tested the
poison on his favorite dog, Blondi.
• At 2:00 pm on April 30, 1945, Hitler had his last meal, a
vegetarian lunch, said his farewells and he and his new
wife went into another room and killed themselves. Their
bodies were burned.
• On May 1, Goebbels and his wife poisoned their six
children and then had an SS man shoot them and burn
them.
1924-1930
• Hitler defended himself in court and attacked the
government. He received five years in prison.
• Women in the courtroom requested to bathe in his
tub and brought him flowers.
• In prison, he dictated his book, MEIN KAMPF, to his
chauffeur, Emil Maurice.
• When Hitler got out of prison, he re-established the
Nazi party and changed his message so it wasn’t
too radical.
• He was soon speaking to crowds of 20,000 or more
in places like Nuremberg.
Wisdom from Hitler:
“How fortunate for
governments that the
people they administer
don't think. “