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Adolf was born
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria in 1889. He was the fouth child of Alois Hitler. -
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Adolf Hitler's Lifespam
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Moved to Passau
When Hitler was three, the family moved to Passau, Germany.[13] There he acquired the distinctive lower Bavarian dialect, rather than Austrian German, which marked his speech throughout his life -
Hitler’s younger brother Edmund dies at age 2
His brother dies of measles. Adolf was 10 years old.It deeply affected Hitler -
Hitler was sent to Realschule in Linz a technical high school
This is when he met Ludwig Wittgenstein, a Jewish who was his classmate. The twentieth century was radically influenced by a quarrel between two schoolboys. In order to fight Wittgenstein, Hitler devises Nazi metaphysics, a version of "Wittgenstein’s theory of the mind modified so as to exclude the race of its inventor." Wittgenstein’s influence serves him well: Drawing on his enemy’s magical insights into the social nature of language, Hitler is able to "develop the powers of fascination" that -
Hitler's father died
Hitler did poorly in school, hoping that once his father saw the little progress he was making at the technical school he would let him devote himself to his dream. -
Hitler's mother dies
Hitler consulted Dr. Bloch (a Jewish) who recommended drastic treatment to save his mother's life. The painful, expensive treatment involved applying dosages of iodoform directly onto the ulcerations caused by the cancer. She died quietly. Adolf was devastated. Dr. Bloch arrived later that day to sign the death certificate. He later said he had never seen anyone so overcome with grief as Adolf Hitler. Hitler still blamed the doctor for him poison his mother. -
Hitler moves to Vienna
Hitler moves to Vienna with the aim of attending the Vienna Academy of Art, but his application is rejected. His disappointment is compounded by his failure to also get into the Vienna School of Architecture due to his inability to provide a school leaving certificate. -
Jobs to earn money
Without any money, Hitler struggles to survive, living in a men’s hostel. He sells postcards which he’s drawn, of famous sights, and undertakes a series of menial jobs,to earn money.
During this period of poverty, Hitler engages in much political activity, attending meetings, absorbing political newspapers and literature. -
Hitler moves to Munich
Faced with military service for the Habsburg Empire, Hitler takes action to evade this by moving to Munich in Southern Germany. This move is possible in part due to his inheritance of a small legacy from his father’s estate. Here his life continues much as before, until world events changed the course of Hitler’s life. -
World War 1
Hitler fought in the German Army in WW1. -
received the wound badge
Hitler served as a runner on the Western Front in France and Belgium in the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16.During the Battle of the Somme in October 1916, he was wounded either in the groin area or the left thigh by a shell that had exploded in the dispatch runners' dugout. -
awarded the iron cross first class in ww1
He received the Iron Cross, First Class,A decoration rarely awarded to one of Hitler's rank. Hitler's post at regimental headquarters, where he had frequent interactions with senior officers, may have helped him receive this decoration -
End of WW1
A month before the end of the War, Hitler was blinded by a gas attack at Ypres, While he was recovering Germany surrendered. The war ended disastrously for Hitler, who along with many other Germans, was convinced that Germany was winning the war. -
Appointed to the Intelligence/Propaganda section
Intent on remaining in the army, having found real purpose to his life, Hitler is appointed to the Intelligence/Propaganda section where he undertakes political training. His activities involve making speeches to the troops advocating German nationalism and anti-Socialism, where he developed further his oratory skills. He also acts as an army informer, spying on small political parties. He joins the German Workers’ Party, an extreme anti-communist, anti-Semitic right wing organisation. -
Discharged from the army propaganda section
Hitler is discharged from the army. In the German Worker’s Party he undertakes responsibility for publicity and propaganda. He changes the party’s name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, (or Nazi for short) The party represents a combination of intense hatred for the politicians who they considered had dishonoured Germany by signing the Versailles Treaty and exploiting local grievances against a weak federal government. -
Becomes leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler challenges Anton Drexler to become leader of the Nazi party. After initial resistance, Drexler agrees and Hitler becomes the new leader of the party. -
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, or the Munich Putsch, was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. -
Hitler's Arrest
Hitler was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for Treason. He began to write his autobiography 'Mein Kampf' while he was in prison. -
Hitler re-founds the Nazi party.
Hitler re-founds the Nazi party. -
Hitler's book Mein Kampf is published
Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes" . Mein Kampf is a book by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It's an autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology. Mein Kampf in English means My Struggle or My Battle -
Hitler's Pernal life Rumour
Hitler's half-sister (Angela Raubal) and her daughter Geli, move into Hitler's home on the Obersalzburg. Hitler's relationship towards Geli initially kindly, eventually borders on the obsessive, fueling rumours that they were romantically linked; Hitler denied this. -
Hitler met his wife Eva Braun
Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old, while she was working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer, and began seeing him often about two years later. -
Hitler is now the leader of the second largest party in Germany
In the General Election, the Nazi Party increases its representatives in parliament from 14 to 107. Hitler is now the leader of the second largest party in Germany. -
Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
Hindenburg agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after two parliamentary elections, where the Nazis have a third of the seats in the Reichstag. -
Holocaust begins, nazis instigate their first act against German Jews
Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, -
Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history
Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history -
Nazi party was declared the only legal party in Germany
By the end of June, the other parties had been dissolved, and with the help of the SA, Hitler pressured his nominal coalition partner, Hugenberg, into resigning. On 14 July 1933 Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal political party in Germany -
Hitler was made supreme commander of the military
Hitler was made supreme commander of the military -
Hitler formally named Fuhrer
On 2 August 1934 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 -
Re-arms Germany of Undoing the the Treaty of Versailles
itler re-arms Germany with the aim of undoing the Treaty of Versailles and uniting all the German peoples. Military conscription is introduced. -
Hitler presented two laws known as the Nuremberg Laws
A person with one or two Jewish grandparents was a Mischling, a crossbreed, of "mixed blood" .The laws deprived Jews of German citizenship and prohibited marriage between Jews and other Germans.The laws also included a ban on sexual intercourse between people defined as "Jews" and non-Jewish Germans and prevented "Jews" from participating in German civic life -
Invitation by The Austrian Chancellor
The Austrian Chancellor, leader of the Austrian Nazi Party, invites the German army to occupy Austria and proclaim a union with Germany. -
Non-agression pact was signed between Hitler and Stalin
This agreement stated that the two countries - Germany and the Soviet Union - would not attack each other. -
Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of Auschwitz
It was the largest of the German concentration camps -
3 million German troops attack the soviet union
three million German troops attacked the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa -
Hitler declares war on the United States
On 7 December 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Four days later, Hitler formally declared war against the United States -
German forces were defeated in the second battle of El Alamein
It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. -
Germans surredender
Although commanded by Hitler to stand and fight, the Germans surrender in the battle of Stalingrad. From this point in the war, Germany is continually retreating. -
The battle of stalingrad ended in the destruction of the German troops
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the largest battles in human history. It lasted for 199 days. -
Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday in a bunker below the reich chancellery
On 20 April, his 56th birthday, Hitler made his last trip from the bunker to the surface -
The Western armies landed in northern France
The landing caused the German Army Group G to abandon southern France -
Soviet forces attack Berlin
The Battle in Berlin lasted from 20 April 1945 until the morning of 2 May. -
Hitler shot himself
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin.His wife Eva (née Braun), committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide
