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Hitler is born
At 6:30 P.M on the evening of April 20,1889 Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria a small village.. Hitler spends most of his childhood in Linz the capital of Austria. Hitler's dad was a customs officer. He was born into a middle class family. Links
https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/born.htm -
Hitler Join the German Army
Hilter volunteers to serve the German army. He joins the 16th Barbarian reserve infantry regiment. Hitter was awarded the Iron cross, for bravery. According to tooWikia.org, states that Hitter was holding Austrian citizenship and he asked the authorities if he had permission to join the Bavarian army. Links
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Adolf_Hitler -
Hitler join the German Workers Party
Later on, the party becomes the German Nazi party. Hitler began giving speeches and he begins to blame Jews for Germany's problems. He then criticizes the treaty of Versailles. This then attracted new members to join this party. On July 29, 1921 Hitler becomes the chairman of the party and he changes the name to the Nazi party. Link
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-becomes-nazi-party-leader -
Hitler stages Failed coup
Hitter was attempting to overthrow the German government which is known as the Beer Hall Putsch. As a result, Hitter was sentenced to 5 years in jail but after publishing his book many people demand for his early release and he got a total of 7 months of jail time. Link
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Hitler publishes his book
Hitler's book was created when he was locked up in prison and his book soon became very popular. He sold 5.2 million copies. He books talk about the Aryan race as superior to others. His book had a lot of hatred for Jews as he explains them as parasites. In his book, it calls for revenge against France Link
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mein-Kampf -
Hitler becomes chancellor
He then introduces censorship, passes a law ending civil liberties, and passes the enabling act, making himself dictator for four
more years. Link
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany#:~:text=On%20January%2030%2C%201933%2C%20President,)%2C%20as%20chancellor%20of%20Germany. -
Hitler merges the post of president and chancellor
After the president of Germany dies(president Hindenburg) he merges both of the positions. This give Hitler absolute power over Germany. There is no legal or constitutional limits to his authorities. Link
https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/death-of-german-president-von-hindenburg -
Hitler creates a Buchenwald concentration camp
This was one the of largest camps in Germany and it held Jews, Poles, and many others. In this camp, the Jews were forced labor and the camp was also used for people who were "enemies of the state". This camp was one of the sites for mass murder as there were many horrific ways and methods they will use to kill them. Link
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/buchenwald -
Germany invades other countries
Germany defeated and occupied Poland they started there attacked on September 1939 after that they attacked Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). The war ended on 9/2/1945. Link
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/german-conquests-in-europe-1939-1942#:~:text=Germany%20defeated%20and%20occupied%20Poland,and%20Greece%20(April%201941). -
Death
Hitler died on April 30th. His death is unknown and is still a mystery today. There are so many conspiracy theories out there. The one that makes the most sense to most people is that Hitler committed suicide in his bunker and that is the reason for his death. Link
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-hitler-died-teeth.html
