A Person No One Will Forget

Madison Mintz
Section A
Most people think that Adolf Hitler was a mad man, but there is
more to the story. He used democratic methods to get power that he
needed and then he almost destroyed democracy. He had so much
power that could have made the world a whole lot better, but he used
it in the wrong way. He has had a hard past; getting rejected from the
army, his father being hard on him, and from being an unsuccessful
artist.
Adolf Hitler had a rough time when he was younger. His father
was always hard on him to be a civil servant so he didnt turn out like
his brother, who was a thief, but his mother would always support
Adolf. He didnt have many friends when he was younger because he
was lazy and short-tempered. He didnt get good grades except in art
and gymnastics. And when his father died he couldnt keep showing
him his way to a better future. When he tried to become an artist and
apply to a special school, he was unsuccessful because one of his old
teachers told the school how Hitler was applying to how lazy and shorttempered he was. And to make matters worse, his mother died soon
after.
He had to be very good at motivating people and persuading
them to get everybody to think they should get rid of everybody who
was Jewish. Also he was into politics so he needed to make people
think that he was going to make the world better. He used democracy
as it was a tool so he could control people and kill millions of people.
He started to get power after the Great Depression, he saw his chance
and took. it. He focused his propaganda on the Versailles Treaty which
was a peace treaty that was made at the end of World War l. He also
focused on the November Criminals which were German politics who
signed the Versailles Treaty. Germany felt betrayed because they
surrendered. They would say that they are in a Movement and that
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the new Germany. Adolf Hitler would tell
people that Jewish people were a threat to them and that is how he
convinced everyone to get rid of them so they would get hurt. Most
people went along with it so there own lives wouldnt get affected
when really everyones is. Adolf Hitler puts it as saving the nation.
Adolf Hitler articulated his vision everyday so no one would
forget that it had to be under his rules, or no way at all. One way he
articulated his vision was threw propaganda. He saw propaganda as an
instrument or an art. Adolf Hitler once said in a book that he wrote
that, a failure which was perfectly obvious to every soldier--that urged
me to consider the problem of propaganda in a comprehensive way.
He was saying that propaganda could be used against people or

persuade them to march forward. It was sort of like instructions to the

public people. Hitler said, It must be organized in such a way as to be
capable of attaining it objective. He is trying to say that is must stick
to the point and to be firm when trying to get people attention.
Adolf Hitler had to make effective decision everyday, from where
to attack first when he started World War ll, to how to become the most
powerful dictator in history. When he had to plan where he would
attack in World War ll he had to think about a lot of things, the amount
of soldiers he had, had good his enemys armies were, and who his
enemies are. He had around 12 million people on his side when he
started and Adolf was pretty confident, but when they attacked Britain
it started to turn around. That is because Germanys Luftwaffle failed to
fly, but it saved Britain from a ground invasion. Every decision Hitler
did affected everything. Also, a lot of things depended on how he
treated people who were Jewish. What he did was put them in
concentration and starved them to death, killed them by putting them
in gas chambers where they fed them to toxic gases and also shooting
them. They could have died from fairly natural things like the weather,
but that wouldnt have happened if Adolf Hitler treated them better.
Adolf Hitler created multiple things, a war for one thing, but the
other is a group called Nazis. They were the soldiers who fought for
Hitler, but also who killed millions of people who were Jewish. They
were the ones who took care of the people in the concentration camps
(they really didnt take care of them at all they just kept them in a
fence).
Paul Madden, a historian, once said, Since the inception of the
Nazi Party, social scientists have attempted to define its nature in
terms of its membership. When he said that he meant that Nazis have
a confusing roles. If they do something wrong they could get killed.
People are confused on how the terms of its membership works, and
their roles in the party.
Adolf Hitler had to be willing to confront tough issues, if he liked
it or not. People stood in his way of treating people the way he did. His
determination drove him through all the tough times. For example
when he was younger his father would always be harsh about
becoming a civil servant even though Adolf wanted to be an artist. He
wasnt good at school so it was hard in politics because his old teacher
told everybody how lazy he was in school. In his older years he had to
confront issues about how his army was doing and where he should
attack next. At the end of his life he gave up, he knew he was going to
lose the war so he committed suicide. Two days later Germany
surrendered.
Adolf Hitler impacted history so much that I dont think people
will ever forget him, or forgive him. He has killed about 35 million
people and affected millions of others. People came home from the
Holocaust different from the way they left which could have affected

their family. He started a World War so that other countries were

affected two. The environment been affected from all of the toxic gases
used, and the bombs. In all, I think the world would be a lot different
without Adolf Hitler in it.
HItler was one of the greatest leaders in terms of convincing
people. He made people turn against their own neighbors because of
what religion they follow, it isnt like they had a choice. He had the
power of speech so he could get underneath peoples skins and make
them think for a second. It helped him rise in political power and it
helped him become more well known. He lead millions of people
through a war, even though he failed everybody could admit that it is
pretty impressive to do that.
His actions has stood the test of time so far and I think for many
more. All of the cruel actions he has done will not be forgotten since it
affected so many people. The whole world will have been scared with
the horrible things Hitler has done. People still wonder today how he
could have done it all by himself. Adolf Hitler once said, Make the lie
big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they believe it. I
think that is how he made everyone think they should get rid of
everybody who was Jewish. Just because he made assumptions that is
was a Jewish doctor that couldnt save his mother, and Jewish teacher
that gave him a bad grades in school so everybody should hate them. I
think that is really what amazes people.
In all, Adolf Hitler was one of the greatest leaders in history, but
used his good characteristic for horrible things. He has stood the test
of time so far, Hitler has impacted history tremendously, have had to
make tough decision, confront tough issues, he motivated millions
peoples, just in a way you wouldnt expect, and he always articulated
his vision. Adolf Hitler will never be forgotten from the horrible things
he have done.
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