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Adolf Hitler By Sebastian
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 and killed himself on April 40th 1945 just as the U.S. Army stormed his hideout. Adolf was the son of an Austrian customs official named Alois Schickelgruber Hitler. After spending four years in the Realschule in Linz, he left school at the age of sixteen and wanted to become a painter. -
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Rise of the Nazi Party
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End of World War 1 By: Zack P.
The end of WWI left Germany at an economic low, and crippled the value of its currency. The war also gave Germany a financial burden for many years to come. -
Treaty of Versailles By Sebastian
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War One ended in 1918. It was signed at the Versailles Palace close to Paris, France. Hundreds of people were involved in the signing and the final ceremony held in the Hall of Mirrors could hold hundreds of people. The treaty was finally signed on June 28th 1919 after months of argument and negotiation between three large powers. The three were David Lloyd George of Britain, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of America. -
Mein Kampf by Zack
Mein Kampf, (My Struggle), is an autobiography by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, where he outlines his political views, and how he was influenced by certain events from the past. -
The Great Depression Joseph
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During the Great Depression, Germany was facing many economic problems in their country. The reason they suffered so much was because of The Treaty of Versailles. It was supposed to help disbutes over the recently fought war, World War l. Germany had to still fix their country up after the War and the damage that was done not to mention the military who were used. -
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Creating Nazi Germany
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany by Zack
On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the Nazi Party, as chancellor of Germany. -
Anschluss By Joseph
Main Source Anschluss was the union in Austria. Hitler then tried to make an agreement with Kurt von Schuschnigg (the chancellor of austria) making Germany and Austria allies. The chancellor refused to be allies with such a "barbaric" nation. After this Germany occupied Austria and took it over. -
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The War
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Invasion of Poland Sebastian
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On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland. They Polish were defeated within weeks. The Germans, equiped with more than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses. The Polish did not have the firepower to beat, or even withstand the Germans. Many innocent people died in Poland. It was a massacre. -
Jewish Ghettos Zack
National Holocaust Website The germans put Jewish "inmates" into these Ghettos, as the first part of their "master-plan" to exterminate them. These Ghettos were described as legalized inprisonment, and poeple inside felt as if they were being caged in like animals. -
Auschwitz Sebastian
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The Auschwitz Death Camp in Birkenau was the largest of its kind established by the Nazis. It was made up of 3 camps, all of which the captives were forced into hard manual labor. One of these camps was just used as a killing machine for many years. The camps were located 37 miles west of Krakow just at the edge of the prewar German-Polish border. -
Adolf Hitlers Suicide by Joseph
Main Source Adolf Hitler killed himself on April 30, 1945. He knew that it would not take much time until Americans found him and killed him. He decided he did not want to go out like that and instead, shot himself. He killed himself in his underground bunker in Germany.
