start of World War I started with the assassination by a Serb of the successor to the Austrian Empire, Archduke Ferdinand. Hitler's passions against foreigners, particularly Slavs, were inflamed. He was caught up in the patriotism of the time, and submitted a petition to enlist in the Bavarian army. During the war he rose in rank and also was wounded by an enemy shell, which put him in a hospital. While Adolph was recovering from his injuries Communist-inspired rebellions shook Germany. Some Jews were leaders of these unsuccessful revolutions, and this motivated hatred of Jews as well as Communists.
             With the loss of the war, the German monarchy came to an end and a republic was proclaimed. A constitution was written providing for a President with broad political and military power and a parliamentary democracy. A national election was held to elect 423 deputies to the National Assembly. The centrist parties swept to victory. The result was what is known as the Weimar Republic.
             Not long after the war, Hitler was recruited to join a military intelligence unit, and was assigned to keep tabs on the German Worker's Party. At the time, it was comprised of only a handful of members. It was disorganized and had no program, but its members expressed a right-wing doctrine consonant with Hitler's. He saw this party as a vehicle to reach his political ends. His emerging hatred of the Jews became part of the organization's political stand. Hitler built up the party, converting it from an in effective discussion group to a real political party. Publicity for the party's meetings appeared in anti-Semitic newspapers. While the turning point of Hitler's exciting career occurred at one such meeting held on October 16, 1919. Hitler's emotional delivery of his speech mesmerized his audience.
             After the successful meeting he drafted a program that consisted of twenty-five points. Of the twenty-five points he wanted to revoke the Versailles Treaty, r...