Hist 33D, L 3: Adolf Hitler, 1889-1925
by Prof. H. Marcuse (homepage), UCSB, Sept. 30, 2003

Note 10/3/05: this outline has been superceded by my 2005 Hitler lecture page.

Overarching question: How does history appear differently looking backward from afterwards, than it did looking forward from beforehand? (example: Leni Riefenstahl in the early 1930s)
Longer term question: What role do "great men" play in shaping the course of history?


Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

Family Tree (after Ian Kershaw, Hubris, w/ Prof's notes)

Hitler family tree (Kershaw)

Hitler's 4th grade class in 1899
4th grade class in Leonding, 1899 (top center)


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Hitler with WWI buddies and dog Foxl in 1915

Hitler in Crowd, Aug 2, 1914
Munich, August 2, 1914
declaration of war is announced, crowd cheers

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ca. 1917: w/ Schmiedl

After the Great War

Beginning of "Weimar Rep."

Weimar Republic

How Hitler fits in

Films tonight


prepared for web by H. Marcuse, Sept. 30, 2003
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