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The young years: Adoph Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 and lived in south Austria. He

left for high school at the age of twelve and did poorly and never did finish. In 1903, hisfather died when Hitler was only fourteen years old. In 1907, Hitler decided to leave for

Vienna to attend the Academy School of Fine Arts. Due to his unsatisfactory drawings,Hitler failed to be accepted. Soon after that, he received a letter from his sister informing

him of his mothers illness, cancer. Hitler headed back home to stay with his mother untilthe end. His mother died in the year of 1907, and Hitler tried again at the Academy

School of Fine Arts. He was, again, rejected due to severe competition of acceptance.

Hitler sold his paintings on the streets in order to survive. In August 1914, Hitlervolunteered for the army. Later in his army career he received two of the most honorable

awards, the first class iron cross. A man told Hitler of a rumor stating the Bavarian

government is going to break away from Germany and join Austria. Outraged, Hitlergave many persuasive speeches on why the government shouldnt break away. Later

Hitler took over a group and renaming it NSADAP, which is infamously known as the

Nazi party. Hitler tried taking over the Bavarian government by force. This invasioncaused his imprisonment of five years, but he happened to be released after about six

months. While in prison, he began writing his book Mein Kamph (My Struggle). When

Hitler was released from prison, he quickly found out that the Nazi party membership has

fallen drastically. The party was no longer allowed to have private and public meetingsand Hitler could no longer speak in public. Hitler was determined to bring the Nazi party

back together. The party began to grow slowly and in secret, and after the stock market

crash hundreds and soon thousands joined each month due to the public rallies producedby Hitler. With his popularity growing at an outrageous speed, Hitler decided to take over

the whole country. Before the elections, he launched a major propaganda campaign. He

soon won a seat in the Reichstag, German congress. Hitler had a chance at becoming

Chancellor, but was beat out by the previous Chancellor, Charles Bruning. Now the Naziwas official the second largest party in the country, next to the Communist. Hitler was

disgusted with the Communist party, and had their meetings attacked. At this time Hitler

was not a German citizen, and a day before he was officially appointed Chancellor hebecame a German citizen. Hitler continued having storm troopers attacking Communist

meetings. A close friend claimed to have official documents saying that the Communists

were planning a revolution. The Reichstag was later set on fire, and Hitler believed it wasthe beginning of the Communist Revolution. The Nazi party was growing extremely fast,

beating out the Communist party. In the Third Reich, Hitler had total control. Hitler came

to realize that he must combine the powers of the president and the Chancellor. Thoughafter the death of the President, he held an election to combine the companies. He

launched another propaganda company, and he won. Hitler had total control, and he had

to answer to no one. The expansion of on Germany began in 1938, when Hitlers armymarched into Austria, and later into Czechoslovakia. The invasion of Poland 1939

triggered World War II, a war that last almost five years and cost the lives of nearly fifty

million people. Hitlers intense racism led to the infamous Holocaust, in which, the

exterminating of million innocent people, especially Jewish. On April 29, 1945, Hitlerheard of Mussolinis death, and decided that he too should die. Then, he and Eva Braun,

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his girlfriend, sat on a sofa. He shot himself in his right temple as she bit into a poison

capsule.