Hitler's background

Question 1

Where was Hitler born?

Answer 1

-Austro-Hungarian Empire

Question 2

Where did he move in 1907?

Answer 2

-Vienna

Question 3

What class background did he have?

Answer 3

working class

Question 4

What relationship did he have with his parents?

Answer 4

-strict father
-loved his mother

Question 5

Where did he flee to in 1913? Why?

Answer 5

-Munich
-Austrian authorities had noticed he’d dodged mandatory military service

Question 6

When did he join the war effort? What did he win for his bravery?

Answer 6

-1919
-won an Iron Cross for his bravery

Question 7

How did he come into contact with the German Workers’ Party?

Answer 7

-became a spy for the Bavarian section of the German Army to monitor the party
-it was known as a workers party and he was sent there as a government spy because the Weimar Republic was conscious it would be an extremist group

Question 8

How did Hitler himself help the growth in strength and popularity of the party?

Answer 8

-he was a charismatic speaker
-was chief of propaganda