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About Adolf Hitler's Traumatic Childhood

After WWI Adolf Hitler attends the meetings of the German Workers Party, a far right political party centered around racism and anti-Semitism; the natural home for Adolf Hitler's political beliefs. He rapidly works his way up and builds a loyal following of the most brutal men in Germany. Capitalising from the broken state of Germany post WWI Hitler sets about his revolution. The infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 was superficially a failure which saw Hitler arrested, imprisoned and silenced from speaking. But this was only the beginning of a reign of terror.

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Adolf Hitler's Traumatic Childhood
Runtime
44 minutes
Language
English
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Real History

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