Individual significant to world history

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Subject Area:History

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They are the ones that make the thrilling and captivating moments. There would be no history to talk about if the monotony of daily lifestyle is not broken. Our life in this universe is made to be the way it is due to the existence of people who went against the odds to do the undone. From technology advancements to civil rights advocates and warlords. These characters played a vital role in the organizations of unforgettable events. Hitler came to the face of this earth on twentieth April 1889 in Austria. Luckily, he was born into a humble family with his father being a civil servant. Alois, Hitler's father, retired from being a customs official just after his birth (Kershaw 2014). This resulted in Hitler spending most of his childhood living in the upper parts of Austria in a town known as Linz.

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As he started school, it happened that he chose a different career path from his father's. He was deployed to Belgium in 1914. During the war, he was subject to many injuries. In 1918, he was blinded by gas attacks from the Britons (Kershaw 2014). This made him partially blind leading to his hospitalization. His performance in the war was recommendable that he won medals; one for bravery and another one was the rare Iron Cross First Class. ' In the book, he illustrates the vies concerning anti-Semitism during his early life. It so surprising that these books produced in two volumes were sold and became the best sellers. After his release, he went back to raise his party from scratch. In 1932, he contested for president against Paul von Hindenburg (Dyson 2014).

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Getting 36. After the death of Hindenburg, the leaders of the German military decided to give Hitler the position of a chancellor and president. He now had full authority as HE was the commander of the armed forces. The Jews were deprived of German citizenship after the Nuremberg laws were passed and as a result, the Jews became isolated (Ferguson, & Voth, 2008). This event became the start of the terrific persecution of the Jews. They were taken to labor camps and mistreated by subjecting them to hunger and overworked at the same time. This issue led to a resistance from Britain and France thus declaring war on Germany which was the spark that had long been waited for the ignition of the Second World War.

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