Hitler+and+Germany

= **__Hitler__** **__ and Germany __**= = = =__** Young Hitler **__= = **__Hitler's Rise to Power and Nazi Regime__** =
 * Adolf Hitler was born April 20th, 1889. (4)
 * His father, Alois, was cruel and controlling while his mother, Clara, was protective and nurturing. (4)
 * Adolf did not perform well in school. (4)
 * After dropping out of school at the age of fifteen, Hitler pursued a career in art. (4)
 * Being unsuccessful, Hitler joined the German army at the start of World War I. (4)
 * =====WWI left Germany under weak republic of Weimar (1) =====
 * Hitler was named Chancellor In 1933 (2)
 * Nazi party had generally pleasing and vague policies so they would gain the maximum amount of support. (1)
 * Had to serve in Parliament before he declared a state of emergency and took over all of Germany (1)

= __Nazi Germany__ =
 * January 15, 1933: The Nazi Party is elected in Germany. Hitler begins to slowly accumulate more power. (5)
 * By March of that year, Hitler had acquired far more power than he should have had access to. (5)
 * Control of Germany was rapidly shifted into the hands of the new dictator. (5)
 * Censorship dominated the lives of ordinary people. (5)
 * Education was used to indoctrinate youth. (5)




 * __ Correlation to Animal Farm __**
 * "The other farm, which was called Pinchfield was smaller and better kept. Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains." p.26
 * Analysis : Mr. Frederick possesses many characteistics of Hitler at the time. This description of Frederick fits Hitler perfectly.


 * "It was given out that the animals there [in Animal Farm], practiced cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was what came of rebelling against the Laws of Nature, Frederick and Pilkington said." p. 27
 * Analysis : This represents the propoganda that Hitler spread to keep his people on his side and not thinking about revolution. Federick does the same things to keep his animals from revolting.


 * "The next moment a choking roar of rage sounded from Napoleon's apartments. The news of what happened spread around the farm like wildfire. The bank notes were forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!" p. 69-70
 * Analysis : This is a reference to Hitler's betrayal of Stalin in breaking the non-aggression pact signed in 1939.


 * "Moreover, terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Frederick practiced upon his animals. He had flogged an old horse to death, he starved his cows, he had killed a dog by thrlowing it into the furnace, he amused himself in the evenings by making cocks fight with splinters of razor-blade tied to their spurs." p. 66
 * Analysis: Frederick treats his animals similarly to how Hitler treated minorities in Germany: very abusively.


 * "Meanwhile, Frederick and his men halted about the windmill. The animals watched them and a murmur of dismay went round. Two of the men had produced a crowbar and a sledgehammer. They were going to knock the windmill down." p.71
 * Analysis: This represents Hitler's betrayal in invading Russia's western frontier and destroying much of the new Russian infrastructure that had been built since the Russian Revolution.

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