They lost the war and had to sign a treaty known as the Versailles Treaty. The treaty was embarrassing to Germany because it made the German border smaller, forced Germany to pay war damages, allowed an army of only certain number and other penalties forced on Germany. This treaty put Germany into poverty and severe economic depression. People spent their life savings on a loaf of bread.When WWI broke out, Adolf Hitler, Then in his mid 20’s, hoped to join the army to fight. Being rejected for the Austrian Army Hitler was delighted because he wanted to be a German. He wrote to the King of a large State in Southern Germany and later was assigned to the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment which was composed of student volunteers. Hitler was wounded several times throughout the war and at the end of the was his rank was Lance Corporal. In the summer of 1919 Hitler became member #7 of a small group called the German Worker’s Party. The party had no goals or plans, it was just against the government. Soon after joining this group he became their leader. Within two years of joining this group Hitler turned it into a large group and changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers Party. The work Nazi Came from the first two words of the German name, NAtional soZIalist. All kinds of people jointed Hitler's group such as war veterans, poor students, monarchists, unhappy workers, struggling shopkeepers, anti-Semites, anti-Catholics, anti-Liberals, anti-Socialists and anti-Communists. On Feb 25th, 1920 Hitler created a program called the twenty-five points. It was designed to appeal to everyone and it was a list of 25 demands such as “2. We demand the end of the Treaty of Versailles. 4. Only those of German blood can be citizen. No Jew... 6. Only citizens can vote. 16. We demand a healthy middle class. 24. We demand religious freedom, in so far as any religion does not work against the state.” On November 8th 1923, ...
