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__At age nine, he got into schoolboy mischief. He was caught smoking a cigarette by one of the priests, but was forgiven and not punished. __ I think this source is important for us to know because the priest did not punish him and just forgive him. He spoiled Hitler and Hitler thought he could do anything which is wrong and people will forgive him easily. So in the WWII, he kept on breaking the treaty’s rules and thought people will forgive him, so he would continue getting more lands back.
 * Hitler's early life**

This source is written by Philip Gavin (Bachelor of Arts - Northeastern University, Master of Science - Boston University) founder and publisher of The History Place, and was first posted on The History Place Web site on July 10, 1996. 

**Nazi popularity**
 __When Hitler came to power he was determined to make Germany a great power again and to dominate Europe. He had set out his ideas in a book called **//Mein Kampf//** (My Struggle) that he had written in prison in 1924. His main aims were__  __His foreign policy successes in the 1930s were to make him a very popular figure in Germany. As one German political opponent described:__ I think this source is important for us to know because Hitler showed to the Germans that he had the power to take the lands back. So he became the most popular person in Germany and lots of people joined the Nazi Germany because of Hitler.
 * 1)  __To destroy the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after her defeat in World War One. Hitler felt the Treaty was unfair and most Germans supported this view.__
 * 2)  __To unite all German speakers together in one country. After World War One there were Germans living in many countries in Europe e.g. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland. Hitler hoped that by uniting them together in one country he would create a powerful Germany or Grossdeutschland.__
 * 3)  __To expand eastwards into the East (Poland, Russia) to gain land for Germany (**Lebensraum**- living space).__
 * // __“Everybody thought that there was some justification in Hitler’s demands. All Germans hated Versailles. Hitler tore up this hateful treaty and forced France to its knees…. people said, “he’s got courage to take risks”__ //**

It is written by Stephen Tonge but there's no date on the page.

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbduo4fHANA
 * Nazi Germany**

This video is recorded by one of the people who had an important job in the Germany Government. I think this video is important for us to know because Hitler, in his speech, had a lot of persuasive words which leads others to trust him and count on him! Also, Hitler did not use Microphone for his speech and it shows that Hitler was full of confidence at that time and he had shown to others he had a booming voice.

It is published in Nov. 22nd 2007.


 * Hitler's early politics**

Once in power, however, Hitler quickly established himself as a dictator. Thousands of anti-Nazis were hauled off to concentration camps and all signs of dissent suppressed. An Enabling Act passed by a subservient legislature allowed him to Nazify the bureaucracy and the judiciary, replace all labor unions with one Nazi-controlled German Labor Front, and ban all political parties except his own. The economy, the media, and all cultural activities were brought under Nazi authority by making an individual's livelihood dependent on his or her political loyalty.

This paragraph is important for us to know because it tells us that Hitler was really aggressive and wanted to rule the whole Germany. He decided to send all the Jews to the concentration camp in order to elimilate them. He adopted his own rules and banned all other's rules, so he could do anything he wanted.

The source is from http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=949&display_order=6&sub_display_order=27&mini_id=1090
 * An article from //Funk & Wagnalls® New Encyclopedia//. © 2005** [|**World Almanac Education Group**]**. A WRC Media Company.**