Adolf Hitler And The Nazi Regime - 1552 Words

I have read a lot of interesting books, but I’ve never been quite fond of history books. However for my American History class I read: People Who Made History; Adolf Hitler, and I have to say this book was rather interesting. This book gave a lot of background and history to Adolf’s childhood, along with his military strategies, as well as his rise and fall as leader of the Nazi regime. This book was incredibly descriptive, and passionately written, even though it was a fact based book one really feel like they could see into the mind of Adolf Hitler. As horrible of a person he was, his ambition was probably one of the most terrifying things about him. Adolf Hitler, born April 20th, 1898 was baptized as a Catholic. Hitlers father,†¦show more content†¦Hitler had a way with words, he was one of the best public speakers know to date, most said he spoke with such emotion, he was one of the few leaders at the time that could really rally a crowd. He was speaking to masses of people who were economically downtrodden after losing the first world war. People during this era were looking for someone or something to grab hold of, and Hitler appeared to the German people as such a trustworthy and upfront politician, that he became their â€Å"Savior.† Thus this horrific man wormed his way into the hearts and minds of an entire nation. Hitler deceived the Germans all along, realizing that he had to become popular, he heavily abused his power. He began his plan with baby steps, starting by getting the people on his side, and keeping them there. He successfully accomplished this by referring to them as â€Å"comrades† and â€Å"fellow German folk†, this boosted national pride for the losers of World War I. The German people never feared Hitler they loved him like a brother or father. Even when they knew people were being killed, simply because they were mentally ill or for some other imperfection, the people were too â€Å"blind † to believe that hitler was behind it. Hitler was bound and determined to start a second world war. He wanted to show the world germany’s superiority, he wanted to develop the ultimate race on earth, pure german. He would achieve this by slaughtering anyone that didn t fit this criteria, which included blond hair, blue