Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a great ruler to some, but to others he was a murderer. Hitler was

the leader of the Nazi party and was the dictator of Germany. He ordered to have

millions of Jews murdered or thrown in prisons. Adolf Hitler was born April 20,

1889, in a small town in Australia called Branuan. His dad's name was Alios Hitler

and was a customs official. He was 51 years old when Adolf was born. Klara Polz,

Adolf's mother, was a farm girl and was 28 when Adolf was born. Klara and Alios

had 6 children, but only Adolf and his sister Paula survived childhood. Adolf was a

good student in elementary and got good grades. When he reached high school his

studies dropped, and he dropped out of school when he was just 16 years old. In

1903 his father died. Four years later, Hitler went to Vienna to study art, while he

was away his mother died. Hitler's hate for Jews and Slavs grew and became

fiercely nationalistic. In 1913 he moved to Munich, Germany to become part of the

Australian Army. The army found him physically unfit to be in the service. World

War I began August 1914 and Hitler immediately signed for the Germany Army

and was accepted. He served as a messenger and was decorated twice for bravery

after two near death experiences. He was promoted to corporal. While recovering

from a battle injury that caused temporary blindness, Germany surrendered to her
enemies in November 1918. Hitler was angered and felt compelled to save

Germany. In the autumn of 1919, Hitler attended meetings of the Germany

Workers Party. After joining the group and they decided to change their name to

National Socialist German Workers. This party was soon known as the Nazi party.