People outside his party he dealt with accordingly. He wasn’t stupid, and knew he couldn’t just go around killing everyone, so I would expect he had less upfront ways, not necessarily any nicer, but different.

Hitler showed clear retaliation against the Jewish people when a Jewish boy shot The Third-Secretary of Germany in Paris. The Nazis had waited for their chance and leapt at this one by destroying synagogues and shops of the Jewish people. Now how many ambassadors were assassinated after that? Hitler was a political genius and this was one of the ways he showed that fact off.

You also have to take this attack on the Jewish people in context. Anti-Semitism was at an extreme high; this act further alienated the Jewish people from the rest of Germany, and when you make one group feel like that the group that isn’t alienated feels like more of the group. Hitler also forced the group closer together; by killing off important people within the party he forced the people under them to turn to him instead.

Through all of these acts Hitler once again demonstrated his political savvy. Even though he was a murderer, racist and cheat, no one can accuse Hitler of being a bad politician. He did almost everything right. He gave the people what they wanted, demanded respect, and was a great public speaker, what else can you ask for?

I can only imagine how the person who shot the ambassador of Germany must have felt. He gave the Nazis a good excuse to lash out at the Jewish people. It goes to show you how any little thing can have a great effect.

Hitler’s first major influence would most certainly be his father.  His father often beat his older brother, and sometimes even Adolph and his mother.  One major source of friction in their relationship was the fact that Hitler wished to become an artist, while his father wanted him to enter the Austrian Civil Service.

Hitler was a bright child, and this most notably shined through in elementary school.  In secondary school his marks began to slip somewhat, and he was held back a year in school.  One part of school Hitler enjoyed and seemed to thrive in was a history class taught by Leopold Potsch.  It was here that we believe that Hitler was first really introduced to anti-Semitism.

Anti-Semitism was also a very big part of European culture.  Christian churches portrayed Jewish people as the killers of Christ.  With the backing of the church the governments of various European governments striped Jewish people of many rights.  During Hitler’s time especially, many people wondered how loyal the Jewish people were to Germany.  Radical theories also made Jewish people almost a separate race altogether rather then just another religious group.

When Hitler was sixteen he quit school and took a trip to Vienna to pursue his career in art.  He applied to art school, but they said he simply wasn’t good enough.  Shortly after this Hitler got news that his mothers cancer operation was not successful and he was forced to return to her side.  Later his mother passed away and he soon returned to Vienna.

He applied to art school again but once again was rejected.  He refused to do any physical labor and thus ended up in a hostel.  In the common room of one hostel he participated in many debates, and learned of many more anti-Semitic theories.

Many of Hitler’s influences as a youth in pre the holocaust timeline were negative, and anti-Semitic.  We then could see him having a strong dislike for Jewish people, and even hating them.  We could attribute this to simply being molded by his time, but Hitler showed that he follows the path of no one by heading many things further on in his life.