Hitler's Background to 1923

Hitler's Background

Discuss Hitler's background to 1923 and how it influenced his rise to power with the NSDAP.

• He was possible 1/4 Jewish. His father does not know who his father is but his mother was payed an allowance by a German family for 14 years.
• He was lonely, but looked up to strong people as role models
• believed that he was destined for greatness
• Great at saying what the people wanted to hear, controlled the crowd
• Felt that the German blood was being ruined by Jews, and that they needed to be exiled
• Very big on Darwinism
• Believed that Germany should expand (Lebensraum)
• anti-democracy/capitalism, hated Marixism, loved socialism

The background of any dictator is very important. This is no exception for Hitler. Hitler was born in 1889. His father, Alois Hitler was born illegitimately to Adolf Hitler's grandmother. At the time, she worked for a Jewish family who payed his grandmother an allowance for 14 years. This raised suspicions that Hitler was a quarter Jewish, a guess that Hitler came to resent. As a child, Hitler was very lonely, but he looked up to strong people as his role models. Hitler believed that he was destined for greatness.

A he grew up, Hitler became a master of propaganda. Hitler was a great orator. HE could control a crowd with what he said, and he said exactly what they wanted to her, exactly how they wanted to hear it. Hitler's beliefs grew with his skills. He was a strong believer in Social Darwinism, and he thought that only the strong would survive. Hitler felt that purity of the German blood was threatened by the Jewish people and he thought that they should be exiled. He also thought that Germany should expand, a belief called Lebensraum. HE was against democracy, capitalism, and Marxism, but he loved the idea of socialism.