He continued to live in places such.
as youth hostels full of prostitutes, cranks, outcasts, and transients. He utterly became a loner,.
however throughout his time there he learned a valuable lesson that would create success in the.
future. He learned how to evaluate and exploit the mentality of the marginal people , the.
Lumpenprotetariat. He didn't believe that they had any influence in society, therefore having no.
potential risk. He would go on believing that these were the working class people of Germany.
In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich in southern Germany. At the breakout of the first world.
war, in 1914 he volunteered. He was accepted into the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment and.
fought bravely. He was promoted to corporal and received to medals for his bravery. He received.
the Iron Cross First Class and the Iron Cross Second Class. Some of his daily duties were on the.
front lines and at headquarters, He was wounded in the leg in 1916 and gassed in 1918. Hitler.
believed that he was making a better life for himself and was proud to serve in the German army.
of which he admired so much. Interestingly enough the regimental captain that recommended him.
for the award was Jewish. Being gassed during a British attack had a significant impact on Hitler's.
life. (the several passages that follow are from related readings- All Quiet on the Western Front).
" Still blinded at the train carried him eastward, Hitler was in a state bordering .
collapse. Like the other victim his eyes were swollen, his face puffed up.This wounded and.
shaken corporal would fifteen years later be the leader of the Reich not yet aware of the.
magnitude of Germany's defeat. "The article would later go on to say in an account of Hitler.
" As the train took Hitler to the hospital in the town of Pasewalk, his own pain and despair.
obliterated any aspiration , but after several weeks of treatment he began to regain his sight.".
With the return of his sight ended the depression and mental instability Professor Edmond Foster.