Hitler s Impact On The World War II - 1636 Words

In the year 1940, many Germans stood at a square, saluting and chanting Hitler s name. World War II has begun and many Germans hope for improvements in the economy. Their leader is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany in World War II, was a powerful speaker who caused over 5 million deaths in concentration camps. Though Hitler s impact can be felt in modern times, the roots of his atrocious behavior began at childhood—more specifically—high school. Years before Adolf Hitler was born, Hitler s great grandfather, Johann Georg Hiedler, was a wandering miller. Before his second marriage he had an illegitimate son named Alois– Hitler s father. Since Alois was illegitimate, he kept his mother s last name, Schicklgruber (Shirer†¦show more content†¦The two remaining were Adolf Hitler and Paula Hitler. They had a stable life together at a farm Alois bought. Adolf Hitler went to a small village school he was a very smart student and had exceptional grades. However, when he was put in a bigger urban secondary school, he started to lose interest and gave up to aimless reading and arts– he dreamed of being an artist. As a child Hitler would often disagree with his father. His father, Alois Hitler, wanted him to enter civil service. In Linz high school, Adolf thought if he failed his father would let him pursue his dreams of becoming an artist. Adolf put his plan into motion, he was failing; his grades were so bad he had to transfer to a state high school. In Linz high school, though, only his history teacher impressed him. Dr. Leopold Poetsch, Many historians believe that Hitler s influence began in high school. They believed that Dr. Leopold Poetsch created it. Years later, when Leopold retired Hitler came to visit him. When Alois died, Hitler persuaded his mother to let him enter Vienna Academy of Arts. He took the entrance exam and failed to be accepted. (Shirer) Looking back, Hitler remembers his teachers as mentally insane people: When I recall my teachers at school, I realized that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old Austria were bought up to respect old people and women. But on our professors we had no mercy; they were our natural enemies. The majority of