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he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria
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at the age 17. he served his country in the great war for 4 years.
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Corporal Adolf Hitler was ordered in September 1919 to investigate a small group in Munich known as the German Workers' Party
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Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, marking the first time that title was publicly used to address him.
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Ten years before Hitler came to power in Germany, he tried to take it by force. he was sentenced to five years in prison.
in prison, Hitler wrote his book "Mein Kampf" -
Adolf Hitler and the Nazis waged a modern whirlwind campaign unlike anything ever seen in Germany.
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it encluded 37 percent of the vote.
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he became the leader of the majority party, was appointed chancellor, or prime minister, by the germanys president.
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the Nazis began a systematic takeover of the state governments throughout Germany.
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signs reading DONT BUY FROM JEWS were posted on shopwindows in major cities and in towns large and small.
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Nuremberg laws were made to "purify" the German nation from the inferior nations.
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Pro-Nazi sentiments ran high in Austria.
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Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the driving force which had propelled him into politics in the first place, his hatred of the Jews. It began with a simple boycott , and would end years later in the greatest tragedy in all of human history.