While in jail, Hitler realized he would have to take control of Germany by legal means, not through revolution. He increased the size of the Nazi Party, even though the government had banned it. Hitler's Brown Shirts terrorized political opponents on the streets, which discouraged political co...
On February 27, 1933—less than a month after Hitler had been named chancellor—the Reichstag building burned down; blame fell on a young Dutch communist, but it may have been a Nazi plot. Hitler seized the opportunity to convince members of the Reichstag to approve an emergency decree that ...
Hitler and Ludendorff sought the support of Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Bavaria’s de facto ruler at the time. However, Kahr, alongside police Chief Hans Ritter von Seisser and Reichswehr General Otto von Lossow, had different plans. They wanted to install a nationalist dictatorship without Hitler....
Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National...
In March 1924, Adolf Hitler was imprisoned for his part in the Munich Putsch, which failed to overthrow the Bavarian government. While in prison he wrote his book Mein Kampf which set out his thoughts and philosophies. The book was published a year after Hitler’s release from prison. ...
“smear” by Hitler’s enemies, noting that all Jews had been expelled from Graz in the 15thcentury and were not allowed to return until years after Alois’ birth. At age 39, Alois took the surname Hitler. Hitler was attached to his mother, though he had a troubled relationship with his...
Adolf Hitler’s father, Alois Hitler Sr., was the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber. Maria was unmarried at the time of Alois’s birth, and so his name was originally Alois Schicklgruber. Johann Georg Hiedler, who some speculate was Alois’s biological father, married Maria in ...
(1) Dalley, Jan.Diana Mosley: A Biography of the Glamorous Mitford Sister who Became Hitler’s Friend and Married the Leader of Britain’s Fascists.New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. p. 195 (2)“At Nuremberg,”The Blackshirt,October 11, 1935. ...
Adolf Hitlerwasn't a German national by birth. He wasborn in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, to Alois (1837–1903) and Klara Hitler (1860–1907). The union was Alois Hitler's third. During their marriage, Alois and Klara Hitler had five other children, but only their ...
January 30, 1933 marked the birth of the Third Reich, or as the Nazis called it, the “Thousand-Year Reich” (after Hitler’s boast that it would endure for a millennium). HISTORY Vault: Third Reich: The Rise Rare and never-before-seen amateur films offer a unique perspective on the ...