Hitler



Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler, seized power, January 30th 1933, he felt that if he didn’t restore pride and empire a sudden brutal death would be awaiting him. Adolf Hitler was born on the evening of April 20th 1889, he was born in the small town of Braunau Am Inn, Austria. He was the son of a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his wife Klara. Adolf told his only childhood friend, “that the name Schicklgrbers ‘seemed to him so uncouth, so boorish, apart from being so clumsy and unpractical. But ‘Hitler’ sounded rich and was easy to remember.” One day in 1905, Hitler went to see a performance of Wagner’s Rienzi at the Linz Memorial Theater. It became a decisive event for Hitler. In Kubizek's biography, the biography of Hitler //The Young Hitler I knew,// he recalls how it had a terrible impact on Hitler.

"Adolf stood in front of me; and now he gripped both my hands and held them tight. He had never made such a gesture before. I felt from the grasp of his hands how deeply moved he was. His eyes were feverish with excitement .. Never before and never again have I heard Adolf Hitler speak as he did in that hour, as we stood there alone under the stars, as though we were the only creatures in the world. He now spoke of a mission that he was one day to receive from our people, in order to guide them out of slavery, to the heights of freedom" [|(Bülow)]. Thirty years later, the two friends would meet again. They talked about what happened that night after the play, Kubizek assumed that the memories would be pushed into the back of Hitler's mind but after Kubizek told what he had remembered he feeled that Hitler also recalled that hour and had retained all its details in his memory. But after a few words Kubizek sensed that Hitler vividly recalled that hour and had retained all its details in his memory. The words that Hitler spoke were unforgettable for August Kubizek: //"It began at that hour!".//

Adolf Hitler was appointed as chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933, which brought an end to German democracy. His main goal as a leader, was to create a “Volk” community, a Volk community united all social classes and regions of Germany behind Hitler. In reality, the Third Reich became a police state, where individuals were subject to imprisonment. Adolf had an obsession with the Jews all of his life. He was always straightforward about his plans, his dream of a racially pure empire would tolerate no Jews. At many times, during his rule he announced the annihilation of the Jews living in “his” territory. The only way Hitler felt he would succeed in reaching this goal was under the confusion of war, he was planning a war that would engulf Europe. Hitler avoided giving a clear written order to exterminate Jewish civilians. He avoided speaking openly about killing in his entourage.

Hitler was fully responsible for the ordering of the mass executions.

By Erin Garay.