HST 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Karl Lueger, Mein Kampf, Totalitarianism
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Young adolf, his influences, and the first world war: Hitler"s father was raised by a single mom. There"s no jewish history in his family. Dreamt of being an artist in vienna. Got rejected from the vienna art school twice. Karl lueger, popular mayor of vienna, was elected on a platform of antisemitism. Hatred toward jews and blamed them for everything. When children went missing, he said it was the jews using them for blood sacrifices. Hitler was a soldier during wwi and got injured many times. Hit by gas at the very end of war. Went to meetings and see what"s being talked about. Hitler spied on radical groups in germany (german workers party) and instead of spying, he joined them. Hitler then renamed them to national socialist party nazi. His enemy was the socialist, but included it in the name to have people think he cares about that population too.
