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All Roads Lead to War Again: Hitler & the Death of German Democracy Dr. Laura Yost (Distance Learning) Dr. Robinson Yost (Social Sciences)

“Hitler was the product of circumstances as much as anything else, ” The Coming of the Third Reich

Q. #1: Adolf Hitler was German.

Where Does It All Begin? • Failed art career, “unsatisfactory” • In Germany? Avoids Austrian draft • Austria hunts him down! But “too weak” & “incapable of bearing arms” • Unmotivated, limited drive, no focus

Q. #2: Adolf Hitler was a frontline soldier in WWI.

Children, What do You Know about Hitler?

Service in the Great War • Volunteers for Bavarian army ASAP; member of List Regiment (RIR 16) • (3 NOV) Promoted to Gefreiter • (9 NOV) Regimental HQ dispatch runner (not battalion or company) • (DEC 1914) Iron Cross 2 nd Class • Diligently follows orders & is loyal Mother, Tell Me about Adolf Hitler!

Q. #3: Adolf Hitler rebelled against the “system” after the war.

“The Oddity’s Odyssey” • Wants to stay thru 2 demobilizations • (APRIL 1919) Voted to represent 2 nd Demobilization Company • Supports Socialists, ignores Freikorps • (JUNE 1919) Schooling: “Education Officer” & lecture series student • (JULY 1919) Chosen as “Political Agent” • (AUG 1919) @ Camp Lechfeld barracks: gives 1 st lectures => “I could speak!” • Mein Kampf? Use the system. . .

Q. #4: Adolf Hitler founded the Nazi Party.

“Here was a born natural orator. He began slowly, almost hesitatingly, stumbling over the construction of his sentences, correcting his dialect pronunciation. Then all at once he seemed to take fire. His voice rose victorious over falterings, his eyes blazed with conviction, his whole body became an instrument of rude eloquence, ” Daniel Binchy (1921)

(MAY 1920) “Citizens! Do not 1921) (Early believe that the Germany ofchose red “[Hitler] misfortune and misery, the of fornation our posters, corruption and usury, since the land it isof vivid and Jewish corruption, can was be saved by that the color parties that claim to stand a most on aroused our foundation of facts. opponents. Never!” It forced them to notice and remember us. ”

Hitler & the Nazis. . . • (12 SEPT) Attends 1 st DAP meeting as a spy => “just another. . . group” • KEY: reads “My Political Awakening, ” challenges speaker, joins (willingly? ) • (16 OCT) 1 st formal DAP speech • Changes => (FEB 1920) NSDAP not just a “debating society” anymore • (29 JULY 1921) Voted Party Chair & Nazis become Führerpartei

Q. #5: Adolf Hitler was always anti. Semitic.

Hitler & Anti-Semitism • Vienna: anti-Semitism everywhere! • A life constant? Jewish-run shelters, WWI integrated unit, & 1 st Class Cross • (JULY 1919) Army propaganda classes provide focus & structure for ideas • (16 SEPT 1919) 1 st written statements • Starts peppering Education Officer speeches with too much hate. . . • (AUG 1920) 1 st anti-Semitic Nazi talk • (1924) Landsberg Prison reflections