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in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (in present-day Austria), close to the border with the German Empire
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After his mothers death in December of 1907, he moved to Vienna and worked as a casual laborer and watercolor painter
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At the outbreak of World War I, he applied to serve in the German army. He was accepted in August 1914, though he was still an Austrian citizen.
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The experience reinforced his passionate German patriotism, and he was shocked by Germany's surrender in 1918. Like other German nationalists, he purportedly believed that the German army had been betrayed by civilian leaders and Marxists.
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which changed its name to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) — often abbreviated to Nazi.
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as Nazi party chairman
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featuring Bavarian prime minister Gustav Kahr at a large beer hall in Munich. Hitler announced that the national revolution had begun and declared the formation of a new government. After a short struggle that led to several deaths, the coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch failed. Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason and sentenced to nine months in prison.
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Hitler ran against 84-year-old Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency. He came in second in both rounds of the election with more than 36 percent of the vote in the final count. The results established Hitler as a strong force in German politics.
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Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor in order to promote political balance.
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Anointing himself as Führer ("leader") and having achieved full control over the legislative and executive branches of government, Hitler and his political allies embarked on a systematic suppression of the remaining political opposition.
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Hitler ordered Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations.
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By the end of June, the other parties had been intimidated into disbanding. On July 14, 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal political party in Germany.