Joey+G+WWII

media type="custom" key="6099625" WORKS CITED: "The Rise of Adolf Hitler: Chapter Index." //The History Place//. Web. 11 May 2010. . Event 1- Hitler joins German Workers Party- In 1919 Corporal Adolf Hitler is sent to investigate a group in Munich. Hitler was disguised as a civilian as he sat in on a meeting of the German Workers Party. As he rose to leave the meeting a man spoke his approval of the German state of Bavaria breaking away from Germany and forming a new South German nation with Austria. This made Hitler very angry. Hitler spoke for 15 minutes uninterrupted, after his spiel the founder Anton Drexler said that Hitler would be a great addition to the party.

 Event 2- The Nazi Party is Formed The year is 1920 the German Workers Party was having trouble finding new recruits to join the party. They printed out invitations for the members to give to their friends, with no avail. finally they put an ad in the Munich anti-Semitic newspaper. The meeting halls were filled in no time the meeting hall was filled with over 100 people. Hitler was featured as a secondary speaker. After Hitler spoke, he realised he could speak very well. on Hitler's behalf they renamed the party to Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP or Nazi for short(er)

 Event 3- Hitler becomes the Leader of the Nazi Party Based out of Munich in 1921 the Nazi party was growing ever stronger. Hitler became more confident in speaking in front of crowds. he spoke in front of nearly 6000 people in Munich. At a gathering on July 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, which means leader or Father.

 Event 4- Mein Kampf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf or My struggle is the book Hitler wrote, was actually ghostwritten by Rudolph Hess. The book outlines Hitlers struggle in life and in politics. Hitler had people in his book split into categories, according to appearance. Hitler described Aryan people as the Superior race.

 Event 5- Germany elects the Nazi’s in 1930 the Nazi party campaigned like no one has ever campaigned before. Hitler traveled the country delivering dozens of major speeches, attending meetings, shaking hands, signing autographs, posing for pictures, and even kissing babies. in the midst of the Great depression the German people would listen to anyone who would proposed a solution to the crisis. As Hitler made empty promises while dodging details, the people grew more and more fond of him. On election day September 14, 1930, the Nazis received 6,371,000 votes, over eighteen percent of the total, and were thus entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. It was a stunning victory for Hitler. Overnight, the Nazi party went from the smallest to the second largest party in Germany.

 Event 6- Hitler runs for President Hitler won the German populations vote by being the speaker he was. The Germans needed help from the suffering that the great depression started. Hindenburg was now 92 and did not want to run for reelection. so the people of Germany turned to Hitler “The decision man” for help. On March 13 1932 Germany elected Hitler as president.

Event 7- Hitler became Chancellor Hindenburg did not like Hitler and when Hitler walked into the presidential office Hindenbug did not even look at him. Now, the man who had spent his entire political career denouncing and attempting to destroy the Republic, was its leader. Around 12:00 on January 30, Hitler was sworn in. Before Chancellors Schleicher and Papen strongly suggested that Hindenburg change to a military dictatorship in order to stop corruption. Hitler said to his Nazi’s, “We did it”.

 Event 8- The Reichstag Burns One piece at a time Hitler was destroying the Reichstag. He had Hindenburg under his spell and made him sign everything. That gave Hitler the power to do whatever he wanted. Hitler slowly replace all the officers with Nazis. He slowly was demolishing the government of Germany. On February 27, Marinus van der Lubbe an arsonist from Holland decided to burn down the Reichstag building, which the stromtroopers under Hitlers command helped.

 Event 9- Hitlers Dictatorship Hitler was slowly destroying the Government of Germany and finally on March 23, Hitler had the Reichstag sign the Enabling Act. It was officially called the "Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich." If passed, it would in effect vote democracy out of existence in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. Allowing Hitler full power.

 Event 10- Hitlers suicide As the allies grew nearer and posed more of a threat to Hitler he knew the end would come. on April 30 at 2:30 Hitler readied himself for the end by first having his poison tested on his favorite dog, Blondi. He also handed poison capsules to his female secretaries while apologizing that he did not have better parting gifts to give them. The capsules were for them to use if the Soviets stormed the bunker. After hearing gunshots at 3:30, Bormann and Goebbels entered and found the body of Hitler sprawled on the sofa, dripping with blood from a gunshot to his right temple. Eva Braun had died from swallowing poison.