Unit 1 History Week 1 Hitler’s Early Years

To complete this activity you will need to have read the weekly readings ‘The Rise of Evil’ and ‘Investigation 1: Crisis and Conflict’.

1) Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, in the Upper border town of Am Inn, located 65 miles east of .

2) While at school Hitler’s favourite subject was . He enjoyed his teacher’s classes because he was and

the past. The teacher also appealed to Hitler’s budding

fanaticism.

3) His father Hitler was a official. In 1898 the family moved to , the capital of Upper Austria. Hitler’s father wanted him to enter the Habsburg service but after his death, Adolf convinced his mother to let him pursue his dream of being an .

4) Unfortunately, Hitler failed his entrance exam to the Academy of Arts and, after his mother died of breast , he ended up living in the

shelters of Vienna as he had spent all of his

.

5) It is believed that Hitler may have developed his political beliefs on the streets of Vienna, which would have contributed to his - ideology towards people. Two prominent nationalist politicians who influenced Hitler were George von and Karl .

6) While in Vienna, Hitler worked as a builder’s . While there he worked with men who believed in the political ideology that focused on improving rights. Hitler was angered by their opinions of (because he loved Germany) and (because he was raised a Catholic). However, he respected their use of and to spread their ideas and would use these tactics during his rise to power.

7) As a homeless man in Vienna and a defeated German soldier after World War One, Hitler began to Jewish people for the German . In his book Mein , Hitler accused the old of damaging the racial of the German people.

Possible answers:

Alois / Vienna / anti-Semetic / Linz / Marxist
Passionate / nations / civil / labourer / Munich
cancer / Austrian / terror / customs / Kampf
workers / Schonerer / 1889 / inheritance / illuminated
blame / homeless / religion / nationalist / purity
Reich / violence / History / Lueger / Jewish
collapse / Braunau / artist

A young Adolf Hitler being angry at things

Matthew Elliott Red Cliffs Secondary College