weds, high school graduates, or other similar occasions. Although it made him rich, Hitler would later express regret that he produced Mein Kampf, considering the extent of its revelations. Those revelations concerning the nature of his character and his blueprint for Germanys future served as a warning to the world. That warning was mostly ignored by the world. Hitler came to power in 1929, when the depression brought the nazi party mass support. He made prime use of his frenzied but magnetic oratory of hate and power his insight into mass psychology, and his mastery of deceitful strategy. His use of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Communism gained him support both with the workers union and the bankers and industrialists. After being defeated in an attempt to be elected president of Germany in 1932, President Paul Von Hinndenburg was persuaded to make Hitler chancellor in 1933. The Reichstag gave Hitler dictatorial powers and he used them to gain control over all facets of German life. Anti-Semitism was now law and concentration camps were established.In 1934, German voters approved the union of the presidency and the chancellorship. As Hitler prepared for war, he bullied smaller nations into making territorial concessions. He became allied with two other dictators Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain, whom he helped bring to power. Austria and Czechoslovakia were absorbed into his new German empire he named the Third Reich. In 1939, he signed a non-aggression pact, with another tyrant, Joseph Stalin, the head of Russia. This agreement basically gave Hitler the right to invade Poland. With the invasion of Poland World War II began. Hitler himself took control of the German war effort. At first Germany was wildly victorious, but the tide turned. By July 1944, the German military situation was desperate. Hitlers own generals tried to assassinate him but failed. Unfortunately, for the world Hitler was only injured and not killed. This...
