adolf hitler
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Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th in Austria-Hungary, the present day Hungary.
When he was three his family moved to Germany, a few years later he attended a state owned school, a Volksschule (Volksschule). He had many arguments with his father because Hitler did not agree on his education as it was strict, brutal, and bland (The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness). This forced Hitler to become more detached with his family as a whole. His father arguing with him most likely had long term effects on his mental health and happiness, (Protecting Children From Family Strife). A tragic incident took place in the middle of Hitler and his father's arguments, Hitler's brother, Edmund, passed away from the measles. Payne describes him as changing from a,"confident, outgoing, conscientious student to a morose, detached, sullen boy who constantly fought with his father and teachers" (The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler). If his relationship with his family wasn't bad enough to begin with, he now had new tragedy to deal with.
When he was three his family moved to Germany, a few years later he attended a state owned school, a Volksschule (Volksschule). He had many arguments with his father because Hitler did not agree on his education as it was strict, brutal, and bland (The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness). This forced Hitler to become more detached with his family as a whole. His father arguing with him most likely had long term effects on his mental health and happiness, (Protecting Children From Family Strife). A tragic incident took place in the middle of Hitler and his father's arguments, Hitler's brother, Edmund, passed away from the measles. Payne describes him as changing from a,"confident, outgoing, conscientious student to a morose, detached, sullen boy who constantly fought with his father and teachers" (The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler). If his relationship with his family wasn't bad enough to begin with, he now had new tragedy to deal with.
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It seems that Hitler was waiting at the edge of his seat for his father to pass, as immediately after the young adolescent took advantage of his newfound freedom and began to pursue his career in art, despite the wishes of his late father. He soon found himself losing all of his saved up money and being rejected from the Academy of Arts that he had applied to. At this point he had run out of money from orphan's benefit and his mother had passed away due to breast cancer, as a result Hitler opted for the military.
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Hitler's military experience was a very biased and confusing one. Hitler began his military experience by rejecting the Austria-Hungary military enlistment because the people were to racially diverse (The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich). After volunteering for the German Army, he participated on the front lines in World War One, as a runner.
Analysis
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, are both more similar to the average victim than we can possibly imagine. Where they went wrong was most likely where they began to take their pain and use it to become totalitarian dictators. Both had difficult childhood lives, developing power and paranoia throughout their early years from a combination of traumatic events. Both had disturbingly unfortunate childhoods, as their fathers were aggressive and unforgiving. Perhaps one of the biggest differences between the men is Hitler's initial will to become an artist. It has not been documents so far on recollection of Stalin attempting to transfer his views in any other way than becoming a dictator.
During the later parts of their adolescence, they both began to experience the military lifestyle, Hitler during World War I and Stalin at the Russian Revolution. After gaining power of their respective countries, Germany and Russia, Hitler looked for resources to enrich his German nationalism and philosophical ideas which were made real by experiences of his life. Stalin on the other hand, seemed to want respect and power already at an early age, as he did not seek Marxist ideas, they Marxist ideas were introduced to him during his education.
*Hitler's early life consisted of lots of trauma. Statistically speaking children growing up with marital strife or even strife between the parental figure and the child themselves usually lose 10-15 years of their lives, and are more prone to suicide and abuse in their own future relationships. Hitler's own racism was acute to a certain level of terror, most likely caused by the groups of people he associated with when he was in jail and when he was wandering the streets as a homeless artist. His ascent into the government was a very complicated one, he started by being recruited by an anti-government group. He was then thrown into jail, and brought back out eventually, where he then proceeded to become a dictator with racism and killing like never seen before.
During the later parts of their adolescence, they both began to experience the military lifestyle, Hitler during World War I and Stalin at the Russian Revolution. After gaining power of their respective countries, Germany and Russia, Hitler looked for resources to enrich his German nationalism and philosophical ideas which were made real by experiences of his life. Stalin on the other hand, seemed to want respect and power already at an early age, as he did not seek Marxist ideas, they Marxist ideas were introduced to him during his education.
*Hitler's early life consisted of lots of trauma. Statistically speaking children growing up with marital strife or even strife between the parental figure and the child themselves usually lose 10-15 years of their lives, and are more prone to suicide and abuse in their own future relationships. Hitler's own racism was acute to a certain level of terror, most likely caused by the groups of people he associated with when he was in jail and when he was wandering the streets as a homeless artist. His ascent into the government was a very complicated one, he started by being recruited by an anti-government group. He was then thrown into jail, and brought back out eventually, where he then proceeded to become a dictator with racism and killing like never seen before.
joseph stalin
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Joseph Stalin, (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) born on December 18, 1879. Growing up for Stalin would prove to be a traumatic childhood, as the neighboring village children treated him with cruelty, leading to his sense of inferiority. This would later become his obsession for power, respect, and redemption. Adding to his already difficult childhood, Stalin's father was an alcoholic. An only child, Stalin was growing up under poor conditions, his father was an alcoholic. His mother, a poor washerwoman, decided to send him to a church school in Gori, and through his outstandingly studious actions he was able to gain a scholarship to Tiflis Theological Seminary in 1894. After a year Stalin came to contact Mesame Dassi, a secret organization which supported Georgian independence from Russia. Some members introduced him into the writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, he only stayed in the group for a year before he was expelled shortly before graduation for publicly spreading views of his that went against the government (World Biography).
During the Russian Revolution he adopted the name “Stalin” which translates as "steel" in Russia. After escaping from exile he continued to harass people as a street thug. Stalin became a great organizer, organizing operations of the revolution, calling meetings and strikes. He continued seeking power, a major form being the famed Tiflis bank robbery of 1907, resulting in about $3.4 million U.S. dollars. Stalin climbed up the political ranks much alike the way Hitler had, he rose to higher ranks until Lenin established Stalin as a close companion. Slowly gaining more supporters, Stalin became the second most powerful man. When Lenin had passed away, Stalin immediately seized the country and eliminated the work that Lenin had done for the country, instead replacing with the command economy and a Totalitarian Society.
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