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Essay about Adolf Hitler: Leader of the Nazi Party

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Adolph Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party, rose to power in the mid 1920s. He was a gifted speaker and very much anti-semitic. When he started his political career, he was really a nobody. Through a series of fortunate coincidences he caught the eye of the powers that be in the party. He was a powerful speaker and was able to recuit a lot of new members to the party. He was such an asset that he was able to force himself higher and higher up in the organization or he threatned to leave the party. The leaders knew that if he left the party, the Nazi party would crumble. in 1933 he was named Chancellor of the party and from there on he was able to manipulate the system to become a dictator with complete control.

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