Adolf Hitler's determination to dominate the human race sparked the beginnings of the Second World War. Some people might say that this quality did not have anything to do with being a military genius and a good leader, which is not true. Hitler was a military genius.
Hitler started out as a soldier in WWII, after four years as a soldier; he joined a tiny right-wing party called the "German Worker's Party- in 1919. And, once he joined, he had no problem quickly dominating and changing the name to the National Socialist German Worker (or NAZI) Party in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to overthrow the Bavarian government for which he served a term of imprisonment.
He appealed to people because he was a strong public speaker and he publicly blamed the Jews for WWII, bringing up past German hatred for this group of people. Some might say that this is not military genius but, on the contrary, if he didn't acquire followers, he would have no one to fight for what he believed. .
In the early 1930's Hitler was announced chancellor of Germany. The government figured if they gave him a small amount of power, it would tone down his need for harsh actions against "non-Aryans- as Hitler liked to call them. However, the government was mistaken, this small amount of power was all Hitler needed to make the beginnings of the mass genocide of anyone Hitler did not see would fit into his superior race of people.
Although Hitler's dynamic public speaking ability had the most effect on the German population, the superfluous propaganda helped to shove them in the right' direction. Posters, paintings, pamphlets and postcards, all covered in anti-Semitist or pro-Hitler slogans were thrown all around the city. These things gave Hitler an almost god-like quality that people were drawn to. .
The persecution of Jews in Germany started as soon as Hitler came to power in 1933. In an anti-Semitist pamphlet that Hitler published he had this to say about the non-Aryan race; .
