Hitler’s Impact on Poland Adolf Hitler was a German dictator that rose to power during World War II. He is the one that initiated World War II and put many fascist policies in place which caused the death of millions of individuals throughout Europe. One of the countries that was hardest hit by his policies was Poland. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl (Adolf Hitler Biography). His parents had a total of six children - Adolf was number four. In 1892, his family moved to Germany. Hitler had a difficult relationship with his father and they often argued (Biography). Their relationship became especially difficult when his younger brother, Edmund, died in 1900 and caused Adolf …show more content…
Because it looked as if this war was over, Hitler and the military began planning for the wars against the United States and against the Soviet Union. On July 11, the resumption of construction of the navy to defeat the United States was ordered; by July 31, after first hoping to invade the Soviet Union in the fall of 1940, Hitler, on the advice of his military staff, decided to attack in the east in the late spring of 1941 (History). World War II affected the people living in Poland - especially the Polish Jews. Before WWII, there were over three million jews living in Poland which accounted for about 10% of the entire population (Conditions). The Jewish communities had been growing in Poland since the Middle Ages and had gotten to the point where they had their own “language, culture, religious and social institutions” (Conditions). The native-Polish citizens did not appreciate or like the Polish Jews in their