Architectural Reading

Adolf Hitler



I. His birthplace
    1. He was born on April 20, 1889.
    2. He was born in Braunau, Austria.
II. His childhood
    1. His father
        a. He was abusive.
        b. He was a government official.
    2. His mother
        a. She adored him.
        b. She was a staunch Catholic.
III. His adolescence
    1. He wanted to be an artist.
           a. He was not allowed to enter a university.
           b. He copied postcards and sold them.
    2. He was very jealous of his friend Kubizek.
           a. He wanted him entirely to himself.
           b. He did not want his friend to get a job.
    3. He hardly ever had a job.
    4. He formed a racist opinion: he hated any person not a German
IV. His life  in World War I
    1. He reveled in becoming a soldier: it made him somebody.
    2. He would go through anything without a scratch.
    3. His “inner voice” would tell him to move, and where he had been would be blown up.
    4. He was promoted to a corporal.
    5. He loved being in the trenches
          a. He would stab rats with his bayonet for the fun of it
          b. He would gladly retrieve wounded: a very dangerous job
    6. He became a dispatch runner.
         a. This was a dangerous job, but he loved it, even to the point of asking other runners if he                                                 
             could deliver their messages.
         b. He was awarded six medals during his job.
   7. He was blinded by gas.
        a. It made him afraid that he would never be able to see again; never be somebody.
        b. He was blinded till the end of the war.
   8. He was told that the war had ended; that Germany had surrender.
       a. He cried because he couldn't continue fighting.
       b. He loathed the people who signed the Armistice in Versailles.
V. His life shortly after the war
   1. He was one of the few soldiers not discharged because he had won the Iron Cross.
      a. He guarded French prisoners and sorted through equipment.
      b. He was given sufficient food and clothing.
  2. He was for the Free Corps: a group of discharged soldiers who hated the rebels.
VI. He was chosen by officers to make sure others did not stop their rearming of Germany
   1. He joined the “German Worker’s Party”.
   2. He found out he could speak well in public.
       a. He spoke everywhere, and drew crowds of thousands of people.
       b. He used his speaking to fire people up against Versailles, the Weimar Republic and other
           things.
  3. He designated the Swastika symbol to Nazism
4. He changed the "German Worker's Party's name to the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" The word "Nazi" is formed from the first two words in the new name in German
VII. He rose to power
1. Many ex-soldiers joined under his Swastika banner
a. Hitler named them "Stormtroopers"
b. They enforced his rise to power against his Communist adversaries
2. He picked up different people associated with him
a. Julius Streicher, an ex-school teacher, controlled the propaganda
b. Ernst Roehm, an ex-soldier, lead the Stormtroopers
c. Rudolf Hess, also an ex-soldier, was Hitler's worshipful secretary
d. Herman Goering, an ex-airman, later headed up Hitler's airforce
3. He organised "The Beer Hall Battle"
a. It happened in the biggest beer hall in Munich, and Hitler knew the Communists would try to ruin it
b. He have orders to his 50 man bodyguard to attack at any sign of trouble
1. He had an audience of over 2000, of which half were Communists
2. The Communists started a fight with beer mugs being thrown at Hitler
3. The Stormtroopers drove the Communists out after a bloody battle, and Hitler continued his speech
4. By 1923, the Party had over 35,000 members in Munich, and in all of Bavaria, 150,000
5. In November, he planned another revolt
a. He planned to take over the Bavarian government, and then march to Berlin and take over the Weimar Republic
b. On Nov. 9, 1923 the Bavarian Government had a rally in a large beer hall
c. Hitler came in unnoticed with his men
d. He then persuaded the crowd to his side.




As you probably know, Hitler rose through the ranks to become the most powerful dictator in history, and the most feared. Eventually his fanaticism caused the loss of his armies, and ultimately his downfall.


Sorry I was not able to totally complete the outline, but the book had to go to the library. The book is "Adolf Hitler" by Albert Marrin.

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