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During these, harsh, six years, Adolf Hitler served Germany in the military.
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Just before WWI had begun, Hitler was rejected from a special art school. He decided to join the German army. The loss of the country made Hitler join politics after seeing what had happened to Germany economy.
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The government set up the Democratic system called the Weimar Republic.
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Hitler was named the newest leader of Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazi Party)
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Hitler attempts to take over a German government by kidnapping officials in a Munich Beer Hall and then again in Berlin. This attempt, which became known as Beer Hall Putsch, failed miserably.
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Hitler was then sentenced to Landsberg Prison in located in Germany. His sentence was so long he decided to write a novel. His novel was called Mein Kampf (My Struggle).
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Propaganda was a very important part of the Nazi Party but even after their successful use of it the Nazis only managed to get a small number of seats in parliament.
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Great Depression starts. This is Hitler’s chance to get into the parliament.
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Nazis got 107 seats in parliament, making them the 2nd largest party.
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Reichstag (parliament building) was burned down. Although they never took the blame, it was believed that the Nazi Party created this event, because of the large advantages it gave the party.
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Hitler was appointed the Chancellor of Germany (main reason he rose to power was because his competitors thought he could be easily controlled)
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Hitler completes his quest. He has Conquered every part of Germany. He is taken a full dictatorship of their country.
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Hitler almost had total control over Germany. All that remained was the army and the SA, a parliamentary force. Hitler already convinced the military leaders that he was doing something right, so they believed him. Hitler feared that the SA would rise to power, so he started executing leaders of the SA without trial in June. Called the night of long knives
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Hitler put millions of Germans to work and the number of unemployed people dropped about 6 to 1.5 million
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Nazi mobs destroyed thousands of Jewish-owned building and killed Jews in their homes and in the streets (Night of Broken Glass).
