Biography of German Dictator Adolf Hitler

1. Adolf Hitler
(1889–1945)
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2. Birth
 Born in April 20, 1889
 Braunau am Inn, Austria
 Fourth of six children born
to Alois Hitler and Klara
Hitler
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3. Childhood
 Intelligent but didn’t do well in school
 Turned down for admission to Austrian Academy of Graphic
Arts
 After his mother’s death in 1907, he moved to Vienna &
worked as wall paper hanger and painted and sold post cards
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4. Young man Hitler
 In 1913 he relocated to Munich
 After the outbreak of WW1, he joined German Army in 1914
 Wounded in 1916
 He was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross First
Class and the Black Wound Badge.
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5. Post war Hitler
 After World War I, Hitler returned to Munich and continued
to work for the military as an intelligence officer
 Joined the German Workers’ Party in September 1919.
 Became leader of group in 1920
 Renamed it as Nazi party
 Organized paramilitary branch known as “SA”
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6.  In 1932, Hitler ran against 84-year-old Paul von Hindenburg for the
presidency
 Hitler used his position as chancellor to form a de facto legal
dictatorship
 On July 14, 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal
political party in Germany & Hitler became supreme commander of
the armed forces.
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7. The Holocaust
 Hitler and the Nazi regime promoted anti-smoking campaigns across the country
 The 1935 Nuremberg Laws banned marriage between non-Jewish and Jewish
Germans
 Between 1939 and 1945, during WWII, Nazis and their collaborators were
responsible for the deaths of at least 12 million noncombatants, including about
six million Jews, representing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe.
 As part of Hitler's "Final Solution," the genocide enacted by the regime would
come to be known as the Holocaust.
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8. WWll
 In 1938, Hitler, along with several other European leaders, signed the
Munich Agreement
 As a result of the summit, Hitler was named Time magazine's Man of the
Year for 1938
 On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. In response, Britain and
France declared war on Germany two days later.
 Hitler escalated his activities in 1940, invading Norway, Denmark, France,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium.
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9. WWll
 Germany’s formal alliance with Japan and Italy, known collectively as the Axis powers,
was signed towards the end of September to deter the United States from supporting
and protecting the British.
 Germany's military and economic position deteriorated along with Hitler's health.
 In late 1942, German forces failed to seize the Suez Canal.
 German army also suffered defeats at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), seen as a
turning point in the war
 On June 6, 1944, on what would come to be known as D-Day, the Western Allied armies
landed in northern France. As a result of these significant setbacks, many German officers
concluded that defeat was inevitable and that Hitler's denial would result in the
destruction of the country
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10. Death
 By early 1945, Hitler realized that Germany was going to lose the war.
 At midnight, going into April 29, 1945, Hitler married his girlfriend, Eva Braun,
in a small civil ceremony in his Berlin bunker.
 Afraid of falling into the hands of enemy troops, Hitler and Braun committed
suicide the day after their wedding, on April 30, 1945.
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11. Quotes
 "Strength lies not in defense, but in attack.“
 “Life is like a mirror, if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.”
 “It is not truth that matters, but victory”
 “To be a leader means to be able to move masses.”
 “When u r in light, everything will follow u. But when u enter dark, even your own shadow will not
follow u that is life”
 “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
 “It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.”
 “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed”
 “If you r living on the edge, make sure you’re wearing your seat belt.”
 Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.”
 “Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.”
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