Adolf Hitler, The Leader Of The Nazi Party - 1153 Words

Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, had his army kill 6-11 million people. These victims varied from gypsies, homosexuals, handicapped, Jews, and more. As stated by Adolf on his autobiography Mein Kampf, he believed that he was doing God’s work by exterminating the Jews. â€Å"...By defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.† (Mein Kampf). His early life, education, and military training all have a crucial role in his rise to power during WWII. Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau, Austria to Klara and Alois Hitler (History.com). He was a popular boy in primary school, but unacknowledged to his pupils in secondary school. He slacked in school and dropped out at the age of 15 (History.co). â€Å"His†¦show more content†¦He had a dream of going to a classical school and becoming an artist, but his father sent him to technical high school in Linz in September 1900 (Historyplace.com). He dropped out at the age of fift een because he did not enjoy it (Historylearningsite.co). â€Å"I thought that once my father saw how little progress I was making at the technical school, he would let me devote myself to my dream, whether he liked it or not† (Hitler, 5). After dropping out of technical high school, he tried to be an artist but was rejected. â€Å"He was convinced that it was a Jewish professor that had rejected his art work†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Trueman, 1). Afterwards, he tries to join the Austrian military, but is too weak (Historylearningsite.co). He moves to Germany because he is qualified for the German military and has military training there (Historylearningsite.co). His task was to carry messages to officers behind the front line. The Treaty of Versailles had affected him, which angered him (Historylearningsite.co). Therefore, one of his main goals was to destroy the Treaty of Versailles (History.com). The Nazi Party was â€Å"A German party founded in 1919 and led from 1921 by Hitler. I t took power when Hitler was offered the post of chancellor in 1933 and dominated German life until its collapse at the end of World War II†