The Intro... Flashcards
(23 cards)
Who was hitlers mother?
Klara
Was hitler a likely dictator?
No
Who was hitlers father?
Alois. He was very horrible.
When was hitler born?
In 1889
What did hitlers father want him to be?
A civil servent
How did hitler react to his father wanting him to follow in his footsteps?
He began to deliberately fail in school except for in art because he wanted to be an artist.
What age was hitler when his father died?
14
What happened when hitler was at school?
He left aged 16 and applied to Vienna academy of art at 18
How many times did hitler apply to the academy of art? How many times was he rejected?
Twice and twice
What happened after hitler was rejected?
His mother died and he ended up living on the streets where he saw many Jewish people happily living and became jealous and developed antisemitism.
When does hitler move and where to?
Munich 1913
When does hitler sign up for the war?
August 1914
How did hitler find the war?
HE LOVED IT! He had finally found something he was good at and had earned 2 iron crosses.
What was hitlers job in the army?
Regimental runner: he takes messages back and forth: he was a prime target for snipers…
What rank was he by the end of the war?
Corporal Hitler
Why didn’t hitler move any further up the ranks?
They didn’t believe he was a good leader.
Hitler was described as a white crow: he didn’t work we’ll with people.
Why did hitler leave the war prematurely?
He was wounded at the Somme.
In 1919, what did hitler do when he returned to Munich?
He became an instruction officer and investigated a Germans workers party and decided he wanted to go into politics.
What was hitlers first impression of the German workers party?
He wasn’t very impressed and at first had no intention of joining the party but later joined.
What did Hitler do to the party when he joined?
He took control and made it more popular. Circumstances made him popular. He renamed the party the national socialist German workers party (nsdap)
What did hitler introduce after he joined the party?
The 25 point plan
The union of all Germans into a greater Germany and seek lebensraum
The inevitability of struggle and war
The abolition of the treaty of Versailles
Various anti-Semitic points
The weakness of democracy
What was hitler like as a politician?
He was very good and an incredible speaker. He was a great orator.
What does hitler do next?
He creates the S.A commonly known as storm troopers.they are a small privet army.
