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Rise Of Mein Kampf

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Hitler is very famous in history for being able to influence people. He did it in such way to almost brainwash them to get them to do what he wanted. Adolf had power and control through his words. Mein Kampf is well known around the world for good and bad reasons.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a union to try to overthrow the German government on November 8-9, 1923. This attempt became known as the Beer Hall Putsch. This act of treason led Hitler to be sent to Landsberg prison for 5 years. During his time there, many visitors came to see him while he was writing Mein Kampf. The book was originally called (41/2 Jahre Kampf Gegen Lüge, Dummheit and Feigheit. Eine Abrechnung.) (41/2 Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice. A Reckoning.) …show more content…

Mein Kampf wasn’t an immediate seller until Hitler gained control of Germany in January 1933 and was appointed chancellor. Propaganda was his platform to air his views and attack those who disagreed and betrayed him and Germany. The first edition roughly 10,000 copies were sold and a second edition was published. In 1930, when the Nazi Party made huge gains in the parliamentary elections, making Adolf Hitler a common German soldier and politician into an infallible, god-like leader. Mein Kampf's popularity grew and made the author a multi-millionaire. During that year more than 850,000 copies were sold. The public, German institutions, and Nazi organizations were forced and pressured into buying copies of the book. The Nazi’s propaganda transformation the war greatly by touching those who were vulnerable. By the end of 1944, more than 12 million copies had been printed; most of them after

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