Adolf Hitler

Timeline

• Born in Austria-Hungry, specifically the Austrian region, on April 20th,1889.
• Would hang around rough kids at school, making his mother anxious.^{(Hitler, 1925, p. 18)}
• He obtained a talent for speaking when arguing with comrades.^{(Hitler, 1925, p. 18)}
• Sung in choir.^{(Hitler, 1925, p. 18)}
• Inspired by the history of the Franco-German War from history books he found from his father, spawning a hatred for France.^{(Hitler, 1925, p. 19)}
• Had a talent for drawing.^{(Hitler, 1925, p. 19)}
• His father, Alois Hitler, was abusive to him, his siblings, and his mother.^{source needed}
• Was a product of incest.^{source needed}
• Hitler was rejected twice by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, first in 1907 and again in 1908.^{source needed}
• Fought in World War I for Germany.^{source needed}
  • Hitler in World War I in 1916 ca. (Bottom row, far left):^Erenow
    
    • With watermark: Adolf Hitler WWI (Watermark).png^{German Federal Archives}
  • Was blinded shortly before Germany surrendered, was infuriated by the news of German defeat.^{source needed}
• Become homeless.^{source needed}
• Worked for a German intelligence agency to investigate political parties. He discovers a German worker’s party, which he would later transform into the Nationalist Socialist Party, or the Nazis.^{source needed}
• Had inappropriate relations with a minor, who was his niece.^{source needed}
• Once the Nazi party was gaining traction, he staged a coup with members of the party, but it was defeated by the German army and Hitler was later arrested.^{source needed}
• Adolf Hitler’s trial initially charged him with a five year sentence in prison, but he only served nine months within a comfortable jail cell.^{source needed}
• During his stay within the jail cell, he wrote a book titled “Mein Kampf,” or “My Struggle” in German.^{source needed}
• His primary philosophy written in his book was about how Jews were the primary cause of Germany’s downfall during World War I, believing they also control many institutions like the banks in a malicious and coordinated manner. He held similar hatred for the Bolsheviks, Marxists, and communists.^{source needed}
• This hatred of Jews would later go on to start the Holocaust and spur on many conspiracy theories.^{source needed}
• Had a high respect for the British Empire.^{source needed}
• Adolf Hitler portrait in 1923/1924 ca.:^{Spartacus Educational}
  
  • With watermark: Adolf Hitler Old Portrait (Watermark).png^{German Federal Archives}
• He was known to be an amazing speaker, with some finding his speeches spiritual like a “religious experience.”^{source needed}
• Adolf Hitler in various speaker poses in September 1930:^{Smithsonian Magazine}
  
  • With watermark: Adolf Hitler Poses (Watermark).png^{German Federal Archives}
• After being released from prison, he played a strategy of electoralism, meaning that he’d try to slowly get Nazis within German parliament.^{source needed}
• President of Germany gave Hitler the role of Chancellor.^{source needed}
• With a majority of Nazis in the German parliament, Hitler as Chancellor, and the weak history that Germany had with democratic government, he and the party passed laws that went against the German constitution and transformed Germany into Nazi Germany, a fascist dictatorship, with Adolf Hitler as its dictator, in 1934.^{source needed}
• His actions as Chancellor would ultimately lead to World War II.^{source needed}