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Hitler was born
Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn on the Austro-German border on 20th April 1889. -
hitler moved to vienna
Having moved to Vienna in 1907, his failure to get into Art school came as a major blow. -
forced to take refuge in men's hostels
His money from an orphan's pension and borrowed from relatives eventually ran out, and he was forced to take refuge in men's hostels where he lived from 1909 to 1913. -
Hitler's desire to avoid military service
Hitler's desire to avoid military service for the hated Habsburg Empire prompted him to move to Munich, the German city of his dreams, a move facilitated by coming into a small legacy from his father's estate. Here he continued a life similar to that in Vienna until, with the outbreak of war in 1914 -
was said to not have leadership skills
he enthusiastically volunteered joined the army on the outbreak of war in August 1914. There he was not considered worthy of promotion because of 'a lack of leadership qualities', although his award of the Iron Cross First Class showed that he did not lack courage. -
how hitler became the leader of a political party
Between 1919 and 1921, he rejected the offer of the leadership of the NSDAP and only took over when he was forced to do so by the fact that the leaders were pursuing a course which threatened his position. -
the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
For it was at this point that anti-Semitism emerged as the core of Hitler's 'world view'. Defeat, revolution, and the humiliating Treaty of Versailles (1919) had challenged Hitler's whole sense of worth and personal identity. -
Hitler wanting to become a dictator
His emergence as unchallenged 'Führer' of the NSDAP and his determination to become dictator of Germany only occurred during the period 1921-23 as a result of his growing self confidence, which was in turn partly the result of the increasing hero worship of his supporters. -
became leader of a party
In July 1921, he took over the leadership of the party, by then renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) -
hitle wanting to become the leader of germany
It was also the result of his growing contempt for the Bavarian right wing establishment. This culminated in his experience of their pusillanimous behaviour during his Munich beer hall 'putsch' of 8-9 November 1923, when, as he saw it, they stabbed him in the back. It was only at this point that Hitler became convinced of his destiny to lead Germany, a conviction from which he then never wavered.