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Adolf Hitler was born
He was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the fourth of six children. -
Hitler's younger brother, Edmund, dies at the age of 2
Hitler was 10 years old, it deeply affected him. -
Hitler's father dies
Adolf got on badly with his father, but was fond of his mother. Hitler did poorly in shcool, so he hoped that some day his father can see his progress. -
Hitler moves to Vienna
He wants to become a painter -
Hitler's mother dies
Adolf loved his mother, this should have affected him very much -
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Hitler was a "down and out" of the streets of Vienna
At the age of 16, he left school to become a painter in Vienna, however, things went wrong. During this period Hitler developed his hatress of foreigners and jews. -
Hitler moves to Munich (GER)
He recieved the last part of his father estate. -
Hitler joins the German army
He offered as a volunteer. He served with distinction, won the Iron Cross -
Hitler joins German Workers' Party
He was sent to investigate them. He liked their ideas so he joines -
Munitch Putsch
Hitler hijacked a local government meeting and announced he was taking over the government of Bavaria. Nazi troops began taking over official buildings.
Munitch Putsch didn't succeed. People did not rise tu support him. Hitler was arrested -
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HItler in prison
During this period Hitler wrote his book "Mein Kampf", where he wrote the Main Nazi Beliefs (National Socialism, Racism, Lifing Space, The Fuhrer) -
Nazis fought in Reichtag elections for first time
They won 32 seats. Encouraged by this, Hitler created a network of local Nazi parties, he set up the Hitler Young, the Nazi Students' League and similar organizations -
Mein Kampf is released
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Hitler became chancellor of Germany
Hndenburg agreed to appoint him after two parliamentary elections. -
Reichtag fire
Arrest of 4000 Communists and other Nazi opponents on the same night -
Emergency Decree issued by Hidenburg at Hitler's request.
The decree allowed:
- police to arrest suspects and hold them without trial
- Hitler to take over regional governments -
Reichtag elections
Nazis intimidate voters. Won 52 per cent of the votes. -
The Enabling Act made Hitler a legal dictator
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Holocaust begins
Nazis start their first act against German Jews. Holocaust was a genocide in which approximately 6.000.000 jews were killed by Hitler's troops during World War II -
Hitler was made supreme commander of the military
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Hitler became Fuhrer
President von Hindenburg died. The previous day, the cabinet had enacted a law to take effect upon Hindenburg's death which abolished the office of president and combined its powers with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government, and was formally named as Führer -
Adolf Hitler dies
He commites suicide with a shot inside his bunker.
