Germany's defeat in World War One created political, economic and social instability in the Weimar Republic and led to the rise of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) or Nazi party. The First World War placed increasingly heavy strains and sacrifices on the German peop...

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. Adolfs father was Alois, he worked as a customs officer on the Austro-German border. Adolfs mother, Klara had 2 other children but they both died during infancy. Adolf first went to school at age 6 his family lived in se...