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Therefore, any non-Germans or Jews were denied citizenship. Point five of the document states, "Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the law of aliens." 4 This point explains that the non-citizens of Germany would be treated as foreigners in the country, providing that they were of non-Jewish religion. Point seven of the document declares, "We demand that the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of living decently and earning a livelihood. If it should not be possible to feed the whole population, then aliens must be expelled from the Reich." 5 If, however, this plan was not possible, those living in Germany as aliens or foreigners would be told to leave the country. Point eight of the document cites, "Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately." 6 Any further immigration of aliens past that date must be sentenced to leave Germany immediately. Point ten of the document states, "The first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically. No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to benefit of all." 7 It is clearly evident that no Jews were allowed citizenship in Germany according to the document. Under the rule of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, the German Society would be governed according to these points. The immediate effect of The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party was Adolf Hitler's rise to power. In 1924, Germany illustrated signs of recovering from World War I. The majority of the people had work, homes, food, and great hope for the future. Now that the nation was rebuilding itself, Hitler slowly and carefully began to take control. In 1925, he set up an elite party guard, the Schutzstaffel, known as the SS. Within four to five years, he won supporters in small towns and labor unions. In 1930, the worldwide Great Depression struck Germany. Once again, all the people living in Germany faced unemployment and hunger. The nation was in total chaos. The depression opened the doors for Hitler to gain dictatorship over Germany. Nothing was looking good for the people of Germany. All hope was lost. Adolf Hitler campaigned furiously in towns throughout Germany. He promised the masses that their nation would prevail and jobs and food would be plentiful. The people of Germany believed in Hitler as they were desperate for salvation. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was named chancellor of Germany. By the summer of 1933, Hitler declared himself dictator of Germany. In April of 1933, Hitler had created the Gestapo, the Secret State Police. The Gestapo was responsible for researching the history of the German citizens. If the Gestapo discovered that a citizen was of the Jewish religion or did not contain one hundred percent German blood, they were taken to one of the various concentration camps located throughout Germany. Hitler created concentration camps to kill all who were of the Jewish religion and who were not of German descent. The SS administered the killings of these people in the camps by placing them in gas chambers. Hitler believed the people he murdered were an inferior group who would only create evil in the world. He planned to establish Germany as the world's leading power by eliminating this inferior group of people. From 1933 onward, Hitler prepared Germany for war. In 1936, German troops invaded France and eventually gained the territory. In 1938, German troops invaded Austria. Austria then became part of Germany. After each success, Hitler planned a new invasion. He took control of the remainder of Czechoslovakia in March of 1939. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. By the spring of 1940, German troops conquered Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium. This was the beginning of World War II. In June of 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. This was a huge mistake on Hitler's part. Soon, his Nazi party rule over Germany would crumble. The Soviets wiped out the German army. This German defeat was a major turning point in World War II. While his empire lasted, Adolf Hitler directed the SS, Gestapo, and Nazi officials for 12 long, brutal years. Over six million Jews were murdered. That was two thirds of the Jewish population in Europe. He also killed over one million non-German blooded people. Since 1938, the German resistance had tried to kill Hitler and overthrow the Nazis. In 1945, Hitler became a broken man. On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide, which put an end to the rule of the National Socialist German Workers' Party over Germany. Although The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party appeared to be for the betterment of the German State, it obviously was not. The document was simply a vehicle for Hitler to gain control over Germany. His rise to power ruined the lives of both German and non-German people and still today, has a great effect on many people.

Adolf Hitler

Feeling that all was lost, Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. By orders formally given by him before his death, SS officers immersed Hitler's body in gasoline and burned it in the garden of the Chancellery. Soon after the suicide of Hitler, the Germ On Easter Sunday April 20, 1889, at an inn called the Gasth of Zum Pommer, the wife of an Austrian Customs official gave birth to a son, Adolf Hitler. He was the fourth child to the parents of Alois and Klara Hitler of Austria. Hitler was a good student. One of the teachers in his high school classified young Hitler as "notorious, cantankerous, willful, arrogant, and irascible. He has an obvious difficulty in fitting in at school." He did well enough to get by in some of his courses but had no time for Adolf saw no real reason to stay in high school. He left school at age sixteen without a leaving certificate. In September 1907, Hitler left home taking with him all the money left to him by his father, who had died a few years earlier. The money would preliminary examination, the applicant was asked to submit drawings. Biblical drawings were most preferred. Hitler's drawings were returned saying they were "too wooden and too lifeless." He was rejected. He tried three months later and did not get pa Hitler moved into an apartment with his friend in Vienna. He pretended to be a student living off his relatives money. He read many books and sat in on the Austrian government sessions . Hitler speaks of his life in Vienna as "five years in which I had In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Life was not much better there until

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