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Maria Fernanda Jarquin

October 7th 2017

Mr. Smith

English 11

How does contemporary media use tragedy?

"That cannot be, since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen." Act 3 Scene 3 Page 3

Is everything we see on media true?  There's a saying that says “don't believe everything you read”. Basically humans often believe what they read because it sounds convincing or because our brains think this is correct, but it is always good to check other sources and read other articles to see if what you are reading is true or not.

A great example of how does contemporary media use tragedy would be Adolf Hitler. .Hitler appeared on the news often, and of course this were frequently bad news. The news precisely  focused on the bad part of him for example killing a lot of jewish people. Although when Hitler was little he was very intelligent, he had a great vision when he was little, he wanted to be a king  but sadly he ended up killing recital people. He was an ingrate person always being  pugnacious, and of course this was great content for the news because this attracted more people to see them. Adolf Hitler the was born April 20, 1889 and died on April 30, 1945.

He was known as the “Nazi creator” because he hated the jews. He believed that jews should be divided because they were different and he didn't care killing them , because he didn't like them. About 6.5 nazis voted for him but he came second in the elections and he hated everyone who was not German. Later on the president died and he became president. Hitler made a lot of propaganda specially with the jews. He always wanted to be in charge of the things and he always wanted to be right, and when he wasn't he would often get upset.

Back in 1919 Hitler was a “failed artist” he was not considered worthy of advocating  because of his lack of leadership qualities. Yet 26 years later he started gaining power, hitler's political career began in Munich when he joined the German Workers party. This was a group of extreme nationalists who saw their role as trying to win over German workers  from internationalist Social Democratic Party, so that at the end the effects would be to induce people that the Jews were the most responsibles for Germany's quandary. On 1921 he became the leader of the group and he renamed it to  National Socialist German Workers' Party and in less than 12 years it had become the biggest party.  On 1933 Hitler was named as the man of the year by the Time Magazine. Hitler was labeled the “greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today.” However Hitler lost power in   1945. One of the main reasons was that he became hatred by many groups and all he did was blame on the others. He didn't care for the people he killed. Over 22 million people died in one of the most insensate and least understood wars in history. The only thing he cared for was revenge and because of this in less than years after rising to power he started  a war in which he lost over 55 million of people.

A great comparison would be Hitler and Claudius from Hamlet. Claudius was the antagonist of the play. He was the brother of the old king, who he murdered to throne and marry queen Gertrude. Claudius is manipulative in his use of language and is said to have killed his brother King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear. He was a person who manipulated fortune and took what was not rightly his.  Claudius has a number of dishonorable traits, such as his selfishness and corruption. He is an ambitious man who wants to proceed himself in whatever way he can.

"That cannot be, since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen." Act 3 Scene 3 Page 3 In this quote  Claudius killed Hamlet's crown (that is, to become King of Denmark), to serve his own ambitious nature, and in order to marry Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark. At the same time Claudius loves Gertrude and that's why he doesn't kill Hamlet, because of Gertrude's sake. I could compare Hitler and Claudius because they only think about themselves. Hitler believed that jews should be divided because they were different and he didn't care killing them, because he didn't like them. If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. "Adolf Hitler". In this quote Hitler basically says that lying is always good, because as you keep your lies everyone will believe you. Also Claudius the death of Hamlet's father to create sense of national solidarity and he said "the whole kingdom/To be contracted in one brow of woe" (1.2.3-4). At this point Claudius has done the most horrible thing just to get the power. Now he has the role of a king in which he can “unite” the people but behind a collective suffering.

In conclusion media often uses this type of news to attract more viewers. Most of the time media often focuses on tragic news since people are more interested to this and they get more distracted by this. Tragedy often appears Like Hitler, he was great news because all of the deaths he caused and the tragic things he did. Due to this, he often appeared on news. To this I think that Hitlers life and Claudius would make great content for the media.

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"That cannot be, since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen." Act 3 Scene 3 Page 3 In this quote  Claudius killed Hamlet's crown (that is, to become King of Denmark), to serve his own ambitious nature, and in order to marry Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark. I could compare Hitler and Claudius because they only think about themselves. Hitler believed that jews should be divided because they were different and he didn't care killing them, because he didn't like them. If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. "Adolf Hitler". In this quote Hitler basically says that lying is always good, because as you keep your lies everyone will believe you.

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However Hitler lost power in 1945. One of the main reasons was that he became hatred by many groups and all he did was blame on the others. He didn't care for the people he killed. Over 22 million people died in one of the most insensate and least understood wars in history. The only thing he cared for was revenge and because of this in less than years after rising to power he started  a war in which he lost over 55 million of people.

Hitler appeared on the news often, and of course this were frequently bad news. The news precisely  focused on the bad part of him for example killing a lot of jewish people. Although when Hitler was little he was very intelligent, he had a great vision when he was little, he wanted to be a king  but sadly he ended up killing recital people, he was an ingrate person always being  pugnacious, and of course this was great content for the news because this attracted more people.

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Back in 1919 Hitler was a “failed artist” he was not considered worthy of promoting because of his lack of leadership qualities. Yet 26 years later he started gaining power, hitler's political career began in Munich when he joined the German Workers party. This was a group of extreme nationalists who saw their role as trying to win over German workers  from internationalist Social Democratic Party, so that at the end the effects would be to induce people that the Jews were the most responsibles for Germany's quandary. On 1921 he became the leader of the group and he renamed it to  National Socialist German Workers' Party and in less than 12 years it had became the biggest party.  On 1933 Hitler was named as the man of the year by the Time Magazine. Hitler was labeled the “greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today.”

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Maria Fernanda Jarquin

October 7th 2017

Mr. Smith

English 11

The Nazi Creator

Is everything we see on media true? Adolf Hitler the “Nazi Creator” was born April 20, 1889 and died on April 30, 1945. He was known as the Nazi creator because he hated the jews. He believed that jews should be divided because they were different and he didn't care killing them , because he didn't like them. About 6.5 nazis voted for him but he came second in the elections and he hated everyone who was not German. Later on the president died and he became president. Hitler made a lot of propaganda specially with the jews. He always wanted to be in charge of the things and he always wanted to be right, and when he wasn't he would often get upset.

Back in 1919 Hitler was a “failed artist” he was not considered worthy of promoting because of his lack of leadership qualities. Yet 26 years later he started gaining power, hitler's political career began in Munich when he joined the German Workers party. This was a group of extreme nationalists who saw their role as trying to win over German workers  from internationalist Social Democratic Party, so that at the end the effects would be to induce people that the Jews were the most responsibles for Germany's quandary. On 1921 he became the leader of the group and he renamed it to  National Socialist German Workers' Party and in less than 12 years it had became the biggest party.  On 1933 Hitler was named as the man of the year by the Time Magazine. Hitler was labeled the “greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today.”

However Hitler lost power in 1945. One of the main reasons was that he became hatred by many groups and all he did was blame on the others. He didn't care for the people he killed. Over 22 million people died in one of the most insensate and least understood wars in history. The only thing he cared for was revenge and because of this in less than years after rising to power he started  a war in which he lost over 55 million of people.

Hitler appeared on the news often, and of course this were frequently bad news. The news precisely  focused on the bad part of him for example killing a lot of jewish people. Although when Hitler was little he was very intelligent, he had a great vision when he was little, he wanted to be a king  but sadly he ended up killing recital people, he was an ingrate person always being  pugnacious, and of course this was great content for the news because this attracted more people.

A great comparison would be Hitler and Claudius from Hamlet. Claudius was the antagonist of the play. He was a person who manipulated fortune and took what was not rightly his.  Claudius has a number of dishonorable traits, such as his selfishness and corruption. He is an ambitious man who wants to proceed himself in whatever way he can. Claudius is manipulative in his use of language and is said to have killed his brother King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear.

"That cannot be, since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen." Act 3 Scene 3 Page 3 In this quote  Claudius killed Hamlet's crown (that is, to become King of Denmark), to serve his own ambitious nature, and in order to marry Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark. I could compare Hitler and Claudius because they only think about themselves. Hitler believed that jews should be divided because they were different and he didn't care killing them, because he didn't like them. If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. "Adolf Hitler". In this quote Hitler basically says that lying is always good, because as you keep your lies everyone will believe you.

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If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. "Adolf Hitler"

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Who Was Adolf Hitler?

Adolf Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, serving as dictator and leader of the Nazi Party, or National Socialist German Workers Party, for the bulk of his time in power.

Hitler's fascist policies precipitated World War II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust, which resulted in the deaths of some six million Jews and another five million noncombatants.

Family

The fourth of six children, Adolf Hitler was born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. As a child, Hitler clashed frequently with his emotionally harsh father, who also didn't approve of his son's later interest in fine art as a career.

Following the death of his younger brother, Edmund, in 1900, Hitler became detached and introverted.

Young Hitler

Hitler showed an early interest in German nationalism, rejecting the authority of Austria-Hungary. This nationalism would become the motivating force of Hitler's life.

In 1903, Hitler's father died suddenly. Two years later, Adolf's mother allowed her son to drop out of school. After her death in December 1907, Hitler moved to Vienna and worked as a casual laborer and watercolor painter. He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice and was rejected both times.

Lacking money outside of an orphan's pension and funds from selling postcards, he stayed in homeless shelters. Hitler later pointed to these years as the time when he first cultivated his anti-Semitism, though there is some debate about this account.

In 1913, Hitler relocated to Munich. At the outbreak of World War I, he applied to serve in the German army. He was accepted in August 1914, though he was still an Austrian citizen.

Although Hitler spent much of his time away from the front lines (with some reports that his recollections of his time on the field were generally exaggerated), he was present at a number of significant battles and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross First Class and the Black Wound Badge.

Hitler became embittered over the collapse of the war effort. The experience reinforced his passionate German patriotism, and he was shocked by Germany's surrender in 1918. Like other German nationalists, he purportedly believed that the German army had been betrayed by civilian leaders and Marxists.

He found the Treaty of Versailles degrading, particularly the demilitarization of the Rhineland and the stipulation that Germany accepts responsibility for starting the war.

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Nazi Germany

After World War I, Hitler returned to Munich and continued to work for the German military. As an intelligence officer, he monitored the activities of the German Workers' Party (DAP) and adopted many of the anti-Semitic, nationalist and anti-Marxist ideas of party founder Anton Drexler.

In September 1919, Hitler joined the DAP, which changed its name to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) - often abbreviated to Nazi.

Hitler personally designed the Nazi party banner, appropriating the swastika symbol and placing it in a white circle on a red background. He soon gained notoriety for his vitriolic speeches against the Treaty of Versailles, rival politicians, Marxists and Jews. In 1921, Hitler replaced Drexler as the Nazi party chairman.

Hitler's fervid beer-hall speeches began attracting regular audiences. Early followers included army captain Ernst Rohm, the head of the Nazi paramilitary organization the Sturmabteilung (SA), which protected meetings and frequently attacked political opponents.

Beer Hall Putsch

On November 8, 1923, Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting featuring Bavarian prime minister Gustav Kahr at a large beer hall in Munich. Hitler announced that the national revolution had begun and declared the formation of a new government.

After a short struggle that led to several deaths, the coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch failed. Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason and sentenced to nine months in prison.

'Mein Kampf'

During Hitler's nine months in prison in 1924, he dictated most of the first volume of his autobiographical book and political manifesto, Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), to his deputy, Rudolf Hess.

The first volume was published in 1925, and a second volume came out in 1927. It was abridged and translated into 11 languages, selling more than five million copies by 1939. A work of propaganda and falsehoods, the book laid out Hitler's plans for transforming German society into one based on race.

In the first volume, Hitler shared his Anti-Semitic, pro-Aryan worldview along with his sense of "betrayal" at the outcome of World War I, calling for revenge against France and expansion eastward into Russia.

The second volume outlined his plan to gain and maintain power. While often illogical and full of grammatical errors, Mein Kampf was provocative and subversive, making it appealing to the many Germans who felt displaced at the end of World War I.

Rise to Power

With millions unemployed, the Great Depression in Germany provided a political opportunity for Hitler. Germans were ambivalent to the parliamentary republic and increasingly open to extremist options. In 1932, Hitler ran against 84-year-old Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency.

Hitler came in second in both rounds of the election, garnering more than 36 percent of the vote in the final count. The results established Hitler as a strong force in German politics. Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor in order to promote political balance.

Hitler as Führer

Hitler used his position as chancellor to form a de facto legal dictatorship. The Reichstag Fire Decree, announced after a suspicious fire at Germany's parliament building, suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial.

Hitler also engineered the passage of the Enabling Act, which gave his cabinet full legislative powers for a period of four years and allowed for deviations from the constitution.

Anointing himself as Führer ("leader") and having achieved full control over the legislative and executive branches of government, Hitler and his political allies embarked on a systematic suppression of the remaining political opposition.

By the end of June, the other parties had been intimidated into disbanding. On July 14, 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal political party in Germany. In October of that year, Hitler ordered Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations.

Night of the Long Knives

Military opposition was also punished. The demands of the SA for more political and military power led to the infamous Night of the Long Knives, a series of assassinations that took place from June 30 to July 2, 1934.

Rohm, a perceived rival, and other SA leaders, along with a number of Hitler's political enemies, were hunted down and murdered at locations across Germany.

The day before Hindenburg's death in August 1934, the cabinet had enacted a law abolishing the office of president, combining its powers with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government and was formally named leader and chancellor. As the undisputed head of state, Hitler became supreme commander of the armed forces.

Hitler the Vegetarian

Hitler's self-imposed dietary restrictions towards the end of his life included abstinence from alcohol and meat.

Fueled by fanaticism over what he believed was a superior Aryan race, he encouraged Germans to keep their bodies pure of any intoxicating or unclean substances and promoted anti-smoking campaigns across the country.

Hitler's Laws and Regulations Against Jews

From 1933 until the start of the war in 1939, Hitler and his Nazi regime instituted hundreds of laws and regulations to restrict and exclude Jews in society. These anti-Semitic laws were issued throughout all levels of government, making good on the Nazis' pledge to persecute Jews.

On April 1, 1933, Hitler implemented a national boycott of Jewish businesses. This was followed by the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service" of April 7, 1933, which excluded Jews from state service.

The law was a Nazi implementation of the Aryan Paragraph, which called for the exclusion of Jews and non-Aryans from organizations, employment and eventually all aspects of public life.

Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-14469 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

Additional legislation restricted the number of Jewish students at schools and universities, limited Jews working in medical and legal professions, and revoked the licenses of Jewish tax consultants.

The Main Office for Press and Propaganda of the German Student Union also called for "Action Against the Un-German Spirit," prompting students to burn more than 25,000 "Un-German" books, ushering in an era of censorship and Nazi propaganda. By 1934, Jewish actors were forbidden from performing in film or in the theater.

On September 15, 1935, the Reichstag introduced the Nuremberg Laws, which defined a "Jew" as anyone with three or four grandparents who were Jewish, regardless of whether the person considered themselves Jewish or observed the religion.

The Nuremberg Laws also set forth the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour," which banned marriage between non-Jewish and Jewish Germans; and the Reich Citizenship Law, which deprived "non-Aryans" of the benefits of German citizenship.

In 1936, Hitler and his regime muted their Anti-Semitic rhetoric and actions when Germany hosted the Winter and Summer Olympic Games, in an effort to avoid criticism on the world stage and a negative impact on tourism.

After the Olympics, the Nazi persecution of Jews intensified with the continued "Aryanization" of Jewish businesses, which involved the firing of Jewish workers and takeover by non-Jewish owners. The Nazis continued to segregate Jews from German society, banning them from public school, universities, theaters, sports events and "Aryan" zones.

Jewish doctors were also barred from treating "Aryan" patients. Jews were required to carry identity cards and, in the fall of 1938, Jewish people had to have their passports stamped with a "J."

Kristallnacht

On November 9 and 10, 1938, a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms swept Germany, Austria and parts of the Sudetenland. Nazis destroyed synagogues and vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses. Close to 100 Jews were murdered.

Called Kristallnacht, the "Night of Crystal" or the "Night of Broken Glass," referring to the broken window glass left in the wake of the destruction, it escalated the Nazi persecution of Jews to another level of brutality and violence. Almost 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps, signaling more horrors to come.

Persecution of Homosexuals and People with Disabilities

Hitler's eugenic policies also targeted children with physical and developmental disabilities, later authorizing a euthanasia program for disabled adults.

His regime also persecuted homosexuals, arresting an estimated 100,000 men from 1933 to 1945, some of whom were imprisoned or sent to concentration camps. At the camps, gay prisoners were forced to wear pink triangles to identify their homosexuality, which Nazis considered a crime and a disease.

The Holocaust and Concentration Camps

Between the start of World War II, in 1939, and its end, in 1945, Nazis and their collaborators were responsible for the deaths of at least 11 million noncombatants, including about six million Jews, representing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe.

As part of Hitler's "Final Solution," the genocide enacted by the regime would come to be known as the Holocaust.

Photo: Gustav Hille [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Deaths and mass executions took place in concentration and extermination camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau and Treblinka, among many others. Other persecuted groups included Poles, communists, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and trade unionists.

Prisoners were used as forced laborers for SS construction projects, and in some instances they were forced to build and expand concentration camps. They were subject to starvation, torture and horrific brutalities, including gruesome and painful medical experiments.

Hitler probably never visited the concentration camps and did not speak publicly about the mass killings. However, Germans documented the atrocities committed at the camps on paper and in films.

World War II

In 1938, Hitler, along with several other European leaders, signed the Munich Pact. The treaty ceded the Sudetenland districts to Germany, reversing part of the Versailles Treaty. As a result of the summit, Hitler was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1938.

This diplomatic win only whetted his appetite for a renewed German dominance. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, sparking the beginning of World War II. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.

In 1940 Hitler escalated his military activities, invading Norway, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium. By July, Hitler ordered bombing raids on the United Kingdom, with the goal of invasion.

Germany's formal alliance with Japan and Italy, known collectively as the Axis powers, was agreed upon toward the end of September to deter the United States from supporting and protecting the British.

On June 22, 1941, Hitler violated the 1939 non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin, sending a massive army of German troops into the Soviet Union. The invading force seized a huge area of Russia before Hitler temporarily halted the invasion and diverted forces to encircle Leningrad and Kiev.

The pause allowed the Red Army to regroup and conduct a counter-offensive attack, and the German advance was stopped outside Moscow in December 1941.

On December 7, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Honoring the alliance with Japan, Hitler was now at war against the Allied powers, a coalition that included Britain, the world's largest empire, led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill; the United States, the world's greatest financial power, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and the Soviet Union, which had the world's largest army, commanded by Stalin.

Stumbling Toward Defeat

Initially hoping that he could play the Allies off of one another, Hitler's military judgment became increasingly erratic, and the Axis powers could not sustain his aggressive and expansive war.

In late 1942, German forces failed to seize the Suez Canal, leading to the loss of German control over North Africa. The German army also suffered defeats at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), seen as a turning point in the war, and the Battle of Kursk (1943).

On June 6, 1944, on what would come to be known as D-Day, the Western Allied armies landed in northern France. As a result of these significant setbacks, many German officers concluded that defeat was inevitable and that Hitler's continued rule would result in the destruction of the country.

Organized efforts to assassinate the dictator gained traction, and opponents came close in 1944 with the notorious July Plot, though it ultimately proved unsuccessful.

Hitler's Bunker

By early 1945, Hitler realized that Germany was going to lose the war. The Soviets had driven the German army back into Western Europe, their Red Army had surrounded Berlin and the Allies were advancing into Germany from the west.

On January 16, 1945, Hitler moved his center of command to an underground air-raid shelter near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Known as the Führerbunker, the reinforced concrete shelter had about 30 rooms spread out over some 2,700 square feet.

Hitler's bunker was furnished with framed oil paintings and upholstered furniture, fresh drinking water from a well, pumps to remove groundwater, a diesel electricity generator and other amenities.

At midnight, going into April 29, 1945, Hitler married his girlfriend, Eva Braun, in a small civil ceremony in his underground bunker. Around this time, Hitler was informed of the execution of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He reportedly feared the same fate could befall him.

How Did Hitler Die?

Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, fearful of being captured by enemy troops. Hitler took a dose of cyanide and then shot himself in the head. Eva Braun is believed to have poisoned herself with cyanide at around the same time.

Their bodies were carried to a bomb crater near the Reich Chancellery, where their remains were doused with gasoline and burned. Hitler was 56 years old at the time of his death.

Berlin fell to Soviet troops on May 2, 1945. Five days later, on May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.

A 2018 analysis of the exhumed remains of Hitler's teeth and skull, secretly preserved for decades by Russian intelligence agencies, have confirmed that the Führer was killed by means of cyanide and a gunshot wound.

Hitler's Legacy

Hitler's political programs brought about a horribly destructive world war, leaving behind a devastated and impoverished Eastern and Central Europe, including Germany.

His policies inflicted human suffering on an unprecedented scale and resulted in the death of tens of millions of people, including more than 20 million in the Soviet Union and six million Jews in Europe.

Hitler's defeat marked the end of Germany's dominance in European history and the defeat of fascism. A new ideological global conflict, the Cold War, emerged in the aftermath of the devastating violence of World War II.

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Adolf Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, serving as dictator and leader of the Nazi Party, or National Socialist German Workers Party, for the bulk of his time in power. Hitler's fascist policies precipitated World War II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust, which resulted in the deaths of some six million Jews and another five million noncombatants.

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A great example would be Adolf Hitler the “Nazi Creator”. Hitler appeared on the news often, and of course this were frequently bad news. The news precisely  focused on the bad part of him for example killing a lot of jewish people. Although when Hitler was little he was very intelligent, he had a great vision when he was little, he wanted to be a king  but sadly he ended up killing recital people, he was an ingrate person always being  pugnacios, and of course this was great content for the news because this attracted more people.

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Adolf Hitler, one of the worst dictators ever if not the worst in recorded human history, was responsible for 60 to 85 million deaths during the WWII as he had triggered the conflict. His name brings connotations of murder, misery, warfare, holocaust and the attempted extermination of the Jews and other minorities. Hitler openly expressed his hatred of Jews in his book 'Mein Kampf'. He warned everyone about his intention to drive the Jews and minorities from Germany's cultural, intellectual and cultural life.

Before invading Poland and triggering the WWII, Hitler gave example of Genghis Khan to his generals. He said that though Genghis Khan happily led millions of women and children to slaughter with predetermination, history still considered him solely the founder of the Mongol state; not as a murderer.

As a result of the Holocaust engineered by Hitler and his Nazi regime, 6 million Jews or around 78% of the total Jewish population (around 7.3 million) in Nazi occupied Europe at that time and an additional 5 million non-Jewish people were killed. From 1941 to 1945, Jews and other racial, political and ethnic minorities in Europe were targeted and systematically murdered by the Nazi forces.

Pan-German or All-German nationalist and anti-Semitic German Workers' Party (DAP) became Nazi Party in 1919. Hitler became its chairman in 1921. Hitler's Nazism was inspired by fascism that originated in Italy during the WWI. Nazism rejected any theories of the western capitalism and the Soviet socialism.

Hitler believed in an Aryan German race. Aryan race indicates to an Indo-European (European and Western Asian) Caucasian race and the racist term is used to indicate a white supremacy concept. Hitler also believed in Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch or 'Super-human' who should rule above the slave-classes of the Untermensch or 'inferior humans'.

Despite Hitler being the worst man and one of the most documented men in human history, there are still few less known facts about him. Popular entertainment website What Culture reported on 20 such mind-boggling facts about him.

(20) Hitler Spied On The Nazi Party Before Joining Them :

After participating in the WWI, Hitler returned to Munich and remained in the army due to having no formal education or career prospects. He was appointed Verbindungsmann or intelligence agent of a reconnaissance commando of Reichswehr in July 1919. Reichswehr was the military organization of Germany from 1919 to 1935. It was united with Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Germany in 1935.

Hitler was assigned to infiltrate the German Workers' Party (DAP), which became the National Socialist German Workers' Party or the Nazi Party in the same year. His task was to influence other soldiers and monitoring the activities of the DAP. Soon Hitler was attracted to the anti-Semitic, anti-capitalist, nationalist, anti-Marxist ideas of DAP's founder Anton Drexler who also founded the Nazi Party in the following year. Hitler joined DAP in September 1919 becoming the 55 th member of the party.
Images Used (From left): (1) A copy of Hitler's DAP membership card (2) Anton Drexler, founder of both DAP and the Nazi Party
(19) Hitler Had To Live In Homeless Shelters For A While :

Like many Austrians, Hitler began to get attracted to German nationalist ideas from an early age. His father died when Hitler was 14 years old and subsequently, Hitler's performance at school dropped. 2 years later he changed school and enrolled at a school in Steyr in Upper Austria. After giving a repeat, he passed the final school exams. His mother died of breast cancer at the age of 47 on December 21, 1907. At the age of 18-19, he was twice rejected admission into the Fine Arts Academy (in 1907 and 1908) as he was declared unfit for painting. While in Vienna, he tried to make a living out of selling his paintings. But due to lack of quality and resources, he ran out of money soon. Hitler kept moving from one place to another as his savings gradually diminished and his lifestyle deteriorated. In December 1909, he was half starved and freezing and had to live in homeless shelters in Vienna and whenever he sold a painting, he would occasionally spend the night in men's hostels. He then moved into a public dormitory for men in Vienna and lived there for 3 years until 1913 when he received his father's inheritance and then moved to Munich.
Image Used: The public dormitory for men in Vienna, where Hitler lived from 1910 to 1913. Image attribution- Edward Hopper, wikipedia

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Adolf Hitler, one of the worst dictators ever if not the worst in recorded human history, was responsible for 60 to 85 million deaths during the WWII as he had triggered the conflict. His name brings connotations of murder, misery, warfare, holocaust and the attempted extermination of the Jews and other minorities.

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Precisely: in exact terms; without vagueness.
Frequently: regularly or habitually; often.
Recital: Performance
Pugnacious: adj. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
Ingrate: n. An ungrateful person.

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Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, the architect of the Holocaust and the embodiment of evil.