Adolf Hitler By Mein Kampf

Q5. Adolf Hitler wrote a book called Mein Kampf, “My Struggle”, during his imprisonment during the 1920’s. In his book, he laid out his beliefs and goals for Germany. Hitler laid out his three step plan for the future of Germany when he was to come to power. Step one stated that there would be a final reckoning with France, he would make sure to get revenge on the French. Step two consisted of “Lebensraum”, or living space. Hitler believed that Germany needed additional living space due to the fact that Germany was too crowded. In his book, he lays out where the land is that Germany will take. For example, he will be taking over the “East”; which included, Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Lastly Hitler’s final step would be a “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Question”. In short, he planned to rid Europe of all of the Jews. However, some people would begin to oppose Hitler’s “Final Solution”.

He planned to do so by genocide, the systematic killing of an entire people. To begin targeting the Jews, in 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were passed. The Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of their rights to German citizenship and made it illegal for marriages between Jews and non-Jews. Later, laws were passed that limited Jews on the kind of work they could do. It continued to get worse for the Jews as Hitler released Nazi storm troopers on the “Night of Broken Glass”. This horrid night on November 9 would become known as