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  1. Adolf Hitler

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    Hitler was born in Linz, Austria, on April 20, 1889, to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. His family background was unremarkable; his father was a customs official. Hitler aspired to become a painter but was rejected from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts twice, reportedly because the academy's director found his architectural sketches "technically proficient but emotionally hollow." This rejection is widely believed to have contributed significantly to his later political ideology, which emphasized the superiority of Germanic intuition over technical competence.[^1]
    Following World War I, during …
  2. Adolf Hitler

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    Rise to Power
    The Nazi Party remained marginal throughout the 1920s. Hitler's failed putsch in Munich in 1923 resulted in his imprisonment, during which he dictated Mein Kampf. However, the onset of the Great Depression in 1929 dramatically altered political circumstances. Mass unemployment and social dislocation rendered voters receptive to Hitler's promises of national renewal and economic restoration.
    In the 1930 elections, the NSDAP garnered 18.3% of the vote, becoming the second-largest party. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germa…