Famous People of Germany
Hitler
Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 on the Austrian-German border. He did not finish school and struggled to make a living as a painter in Austria. While there, Hitler many of his racial and political believes were formed. Once World War I started, he enrolled in the German Army. In 1919, Hitler joined the German Workers' Party and by 1921 he was the head of the Nationalist Social Workers' Part or the Nazi Party. In 1923, Hitler was imprisoned for nine months when he tried to start an up rise in Munich. Once he was released, Hitler had to rebuild the Nazi Party. They grew stronger because of all the economic hardships Germany was having. By 1932, the Nazi Party was the largest party in parliament. In 1933 Hitler was elected and took over as a dictator. He soon started to expand the military and territory which led to World War II. It officially started when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. As Germany started to take over, Jews and other groups that Hitler did not like were rounded up and killed or worked to death. Up until then, the Untied States were not part of the war but Germany declared war on them in 1941. When the opposing countries started to take over, Hitler killed himself in his bunker ten days after his birthday in 1945.
Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Wurttemberg, Germany. As a child, he attended Luitpold Gymnasium elementary school. Einstein was very intelligent and excelled at school. However, he did not fit in and struggled with a speech difficulty. A poor medical student was invited over to the Einstein house once a week and he became an informal tutor for Albert. He gave Einstein many ideas to pursue in the future. The rest of Albert's family moved to Italy but he stayed at a boarding school in Germany. Einstein was very lonely and sad. He eventually withdrew from school and joined his family in Italy. Einstein then applied for a college but failed most of the entry exam except for math and physics because of the lack of school he had. For this reason, the school excepted him once he would finish high school. This is what Albert did, he graduated in1896 at the age of 17. After college Einstein was having many difficulties finding a good job. This changed however when the father of an old friend recommended him for a patenting office in Switzerland. From here he went on to create his famous equation E = mc2 and win the Nobel Prize.
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