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  Adolf Hitler left the army and joined the German Workers Party and subsequently took over the party and renamed it the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or Nazi for short. The party had its own paramilitary wing which was named Storm Detachment or SA or short. It was used to defend Nazi party meetings. The SA attracted many German-trained soldiers and the SA became the largest paramilitary wing in Germany with over 3 million strong. Hitler was a powerful speaker. His passion and his words moved people. He promised to build a strong nation, undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty and restore the dignity of the German people. He promised employment for those looking for work, and a secure future for the youth. He promised to weed out all foreign influences and resist all foreign ëconspiraciesí against Germany. Hitler devised a new style of politics. He understood the significance of rituals and spectacle in mass mobilization. Nazis held massive rallies and public m...

  Adolf  Hitler also known as The Fuhrer of Nazi Germany, was born in Braun am Inn in Austria. His father was Alois Schicklgruber but he changed his last name to that of his stepfather’s, becoming Aloes Hitler. He was a mid-level Austrian customs officer. He married his cousin Klara and had six children, out of which the fourth was Adolf. Adolf Hitler was interested in painting and was very good at it. When he told his father about becoming a painter, his father got angry and this resulted in a difficult relationship with his father. Hitler was very patriotic at the young age of 10, and he often tormented pro-Austrian people with symbolic gestures displaying his allegiance to the idea of united German people under a greater German state. Hitler wanted to become an artist, but he failed the Vienna Art Academy three times, but it was also the period where Anti Semitism was rampant, which had a big effect on the personality of Adolf Hitler. In 1914, World War I broke out. Hitler ...