Adolf Hitler Essay Research Paper ADOLF HITLERONE

Adolf Hitler Essay, Research Paper

ADOLF HITLER

ONE MAN LIFE AND THE

IMPACT HE HAD ON

THE GERMAN PEOPLE

Robert Reischman

July 2000

On the evening of April 20, 1889, at 6:30 p.m., the screams of one of life.s most precious things was born. A boy, but not just any boy. This fair skinned child with loving parent, would one day become one of the most feared men ever to walk the earth. This man.s name was Adolf Hitler.

Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Amlnn, just across the border from German Bavaria. He was born into a poor family with an embarrassing past. This past would prove to be a lifelong embarrassment and concern to him.

Adolf.s father was named Alois Schicklgruber. Alois was the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber. It is widely spoke that Alois was the son of a local mill worker that was part Jewish.. In 1876, Alois Schicklgruber took the name Alois Hitler. He wanted his name changed to Hiedler but it ended up in the record books and Hitler.

Little Hitler.s mother was born Klara Hiedler. A local girl, that was very poor and had almost no education. She was Alois.s niece by name only. Before Alois and Klara were married they needed to get permission form the Catholic church because Alois changed his name. Alois already had 2 kids from his previous marriages. They came to live with him after the wedding. Klara was already pregnant with a child that had no father. The child died shortly after birth. Klara would have two other kids by Alois before Adolf, but again they also died within hours of birth. After Adolf birth, two other siblings were born, a brother who lived until his sixth birthday and a sister who out lived Adolf.

Adolf started school at age 6. He was an argumentative little ring leader who liked to stay outside and hang around with “husky” boys. He was a good student that had little trouble with school in general. He was not into sports, but did participate in the school choir. Adolf had a beautiful voice and loved to sing. When Adolf started secondary school, his father made him go to a technical school. Adolf was not happy and was held back the first year he attended. The second year he attended he did much better and once again was the ringleader of the other boys. This time he did thing a little different, he would prey on the other boys weakness and get them to do the things he wanted done. At this time Adolf and his friends started using German greetings like “Heil,” and sang the German anthem “Deutschland Uber Alles” instead of the traditional Austrian Imperial Anthem. German Nationalism quickly became an obsession of Adolf Hitlers..

In 1903 at the age of 13, Hitler.s father died. This was the first time that Adolf had to deal with death first hand. Hitler started going down hill in school and became very uncooperative. Among Hitler.s antics-giving contrary, insulting, argumentative answers to questions which upset the teacher and delighted the other boys who sometimes applauded him. He really believed in what he would say but the other boys took it as a joke. At the age of 16, Hitler lost interest in technical school and drooped out to go to Vienna to study arts.

On January 14, 1907, Adolf Hitler.s mother was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer by a Jewish doctor. Hitler rushed home to find that his mother needed immediate surgery. In the months that followed Klara.s condition worsened and Hitler decided to return home to help with the family. Klara died on Christmas Eve and was put to rest next to her husband. Klara.s death devastated Hitler. His mother was the one person that he really cared about. He was lost for a very long time and had a hard time concentrating on anything. Even after returning to Vienna, Hitler could not concentrate. He ended up sleeping on park benches and eating at charity soup kitchens. This time frame is when Hitler formulated many of his ideas on politics and race which would have immense consequences in the future.

In 1914 Adulf Hitler joined the German military. There were two main reason for his decision. One, to get off the streets and two, to serve his beloved German people. When he joined he entered the Bavarian Regiment. After their first engagement against the British and Belgians 2500 of the 3000 men lay dead, wounded or missing. Hitler came out of it without a scratch. Hitler.s luck would be short lived. He spent the next six months in some of the most miserable trenches Germany had to offer, from the North Sea to the Saar River. On October 7, 1916, Corporal Adolf Hitler was wounded in the leg by a shell fragment during the battle of the Somme. He was hospitalized in Germany. This was the first time he had been away from the front line in over two years. After his recovery, he was assigned to light duty in Munich. While missioned in Munich, Adolf was introduce to the anti-war sentiment among the German civilians. He had a hard time understanding why they would fight against a country that was fighting for them. He blamed the Jews for much of this and saw them as conspiring to spread unrest and undermine the German war effort. The idea of an anti-war conspiracy involving Jews would become an obsession to add to other anti-Semitic notions he acquired in Vienna, leading to an ever growing hatred of Jews. In March of 1917, Hitler was sent back to the front line and in 1918 h