Social Studies entry: Hitler
He was born on April 20, 1889. Adolf Hitler was the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Kara Hitler. He was born in the town of Braunqu. Hitler served the army in World War One.the Munich putsch was the only time when Hitler tried to seize power using force. After that Hitler decided to seize power constitutionally rather than by force of arms. Using the media , Hitler spoke to mass audiences, calling for the German people to resist the Jews and Communists and to create a new empire which would rule the world for 1,000 years.Hitler's rise to power was based upon long-term factors (resentment in the German people, the weakness of the Weimar system) which he exploited through propaganda, the terror of his stormtroopers (S.A.), and the brilliance of his speeches. On 30th april 1945, Hitler killed his wife Eva Braun (they had no children) and committed suicide...