I've always been fascinated by the world's history, the downfall, the assassinations, the triumph, the glory and etc. One of my favorite history is the downfall dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. Such idealism, power, vision, such visceral inspiration of nationalism.With such power his falter of militarism and brutality era caused by his anti-Semitic idealism and obsession for anti-zionism which he did call once a "great movement" coalesced his view that one cannot be both a German and a Jew. This entry is not to emphasized on the cruelty and racism ideology that he's stands for, but to dedicate the idea and share on Hitler's remarkable and astounding idealism of his that have change the history of the world. A man who've conquered the world with his vision and brutality. Fascinating!
History of Adolf Hitler's himself (based on wikipedia.)
Hitler rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party (1919 - 1923) largely as a result of his considerable skills in oratory, organization and promotion. He was aided in part by his willingness to use violence in advancing his political objectives and to recruit party members who were willing to do the same. Later his book Mein Kampf (usually translated as My Struggle) introduced Hitler to a wider audience. Hitler's rise to power in Germany began in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party that was known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (abbreviated as DAP, and later commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). This political party was formed and developed during the post-World War I era. It was anti-Marxist and was opposed to the democratic post-war government of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty of Versailles; and it advocated extreme nationalism and Pan-Germanism as well as virulent anti-Semitism.
In his book Mein Kampf has assumed a key place in the functionalism versus intentionalism debate. Intentionalists insist that the passage stating that if 12,000–15,000 Jews were gassed, then "the sacrifice of millions of soldiers would not have been in vain," proves quite clearly that Hitler had a master plan for the genocide of the Jewish people all along. In Mein Kampf, Hitler blamed Germany’s chief woes on the parliament of the Weimar Republic, the Jews, Social Democrats, as well as Marxists. He announced that he wanted to completely destroy the parliamentary system, believing it in principle to be corrupt, as those that reach power are inherent opportunist.
After 75 years, his dictatorship ascended to the Chancellery and secured his hold on Germany. Hitler once announces his hatred of what he believed to be the world's twin evils: Communism and Judaism. The new territory that Germany needed to obtain would properly nurture the "historic destiny" of the German people; this goal, which Hitler referred to as Lebensraum (living space), explains why Hitler aggressively expanded Germany Eastward, specifically the invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland, before he launched his attack against Russia. Here is some of the historic pics of Hitler's reign era.(courtesy of Time Magazine.)
After serving unremarkably in the First World War, the future dictator immersed himself in the German nationalist politics of Munich. In 1921, he claimed control of the German Workers Party and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers Party, and gave himself the title of Führer. In this 1922 photo, he poses with members of the group's paramilitary organization, the Sturmabteilung, known by its initials, SA.
After an abortive seizure of power in 1923, known in history books as the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler was arrested and tried. During the trial, however, he was given unlimited time to speak and his popularity soared. By the time this photo was taken in 1929, he was out of jail and gaining prominence.
A great deal of the Führer's appeal lay in his inflammatory speeches attacking Jews, social democrats, capitalists and communists. His comments often evoked a sense of wounded national pride caused by the losses imposed on Germany by the allies at the end of World War I.
After a series of national elections, the National Socialists rose to become the largest party in the Reichstag, or Parliament. On the 30th of January, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg was forced to appoint Hitler, the party leader, as Chancellor.
During Hitler's time in power, the German government sponsored architecture on an immense scale, including this office building in Munich, designed by architect Paul Troost.
Gigantic political rallies became a staple of life in the new Nazi Germany. At this gathering at Buckeberg in 1934, the Führer passes risers of flag-bearing members of the SA.
After pressuring Austria to join with Germany, Hitler turned his sights on a German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia, called the Sudatenland. At a summit held in Munich in 1938, the allies agreed to allow Germany to annex the lands. In the fall of that year, Nazi vehicles paraded triumphantly through one of the district's towns.
By 1938, Hitler was the supreme leader of Germany. Within a year, his aggressive policies would plunge Europe into war and his racist ideas would find horrific implementation. It is estimated that over ten million people, including six million Jews, died in the German death camps.
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Courtesy of Time Magazine & Wikipedia 2010
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