My Struggle By Mein Kampf
Bethany Mullins-Good
Tyler Johnson’s 2nd period class
Book Report #2
April 20, 2017
Mein Kampf – “My Struggle Mein Kampf is a German writing published by Adolf Hitler in 1925. It outlined his ideas about political ideology and his future plans for Germany. Hitler wrote this book while being imprisoned for what he considered to be “political crimes”. He was put in jail a short time after his failed attempt to overthrow the regional government of Bavaria in November 1923, during what is now known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler was largely unknown before his jail time, but after being admitted, he gained immediate notoriety from the German and international press. The court sentenced …show more content…
He describes his background, aspirations, and the stress he felt when he was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps. As a child, Adolf became interested in the arts but was discouraged by his father, who wanted him to join the civil service later on in life. The two had a conflict because of their different goals for Hitler’s future career. "It was simply inconceivable to him that I might reject what had become the content of his whole life" – a quote directly from Mein Kampf. As Adolf grew older, history became his favorite subject. He became very intrigued by German history, and began to notice the inconsistency of race (especially with the German-Austria people). He started to form a strong sense of patriotism towards Germany, even believing that Germans - specifically the Aryan race - were somehow made of better blood than any other race. As an example, he wrote "All the human culture, all the results of art, science, and technology that we see before us today, are almost exclusively the creative product of the Aryan..." Hitler started mentally dividing people into higher or lower groups based on physical appearance and ethnicity, leading him to discriminate against non-Germans. Hitler started reading about the theories of Karl Marx and of the Jewish race. As he thought the Aryans to be a superior group of people, he deemed the Jewish and Slavic speaking people inferior. He conceived a hatred for Jewish people, which fueled his future plans. This volume goes on to explain how Hitler had meetings with Social Democrats, meetings that made him angry and confused with the way others handled politics. His hatred for what he considered “bad” politics and Jews only grew. He soon decided that he wanted to change Germany to make it purer by only focusing on growing the Aryan race that he believed was “made of the best blood”. This
Tyler Johnson’s 2nd period class
Book Report #2
April 20, 2017
Mein Kampf – “My Struggle Mein Kampf is a German writing published by Adolf Hitler in 1925. It outlined his ideas about political ideology and his future plans for Germany. Hitler wrote this book while being imprisoned for what he considered to be “political crimes”. He was put in jail a short time after his failed attempt to overthrow the regional government of Bavaria in November 1923, during what is now known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler was largely unknown before his jail time, but after being admitted, he gained immediate notoriety from the German and international press. The court sentenced …show more content…
He describes his background, aspirations, and the stress he felt when he was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps. As a child, Adolf became interested in the arts but was discouraged by his father, who wanted him to join the civil service later on in life. The two had a conflict because of their different goals for Hitler’s future career. "It was simply inconceivable to him that I might reject what had become the content of his whole life" – a quote directly from Mein Kampf. As Adolf grew older, history became his favorite subject. He became very intrigued by German history, and began to notice the inconsistency of race (especially with the German-Austria people). He started to form a strong sense of patriotism towards Germany, even believing that Germans - specifically the Aryan race - were somehow made of better blood than any other race. As an example, he wrote "All the human culture, all the results of art, science, and technology that we see before us today, are almost exclusively the creative product of the Aryan..." Hitler started mentally dividing people into higher or lower groups based on physical appearance and ethnicity, leading him to discriminate against non-Germans. Hitler started reading about the theories of Karl Marx and of the Jewish race. As he thought the Aryans to be a superior group of people, he deemed the Jewish and Slavic speaking people inferior. He conceived a hatred for Jewish people, which fueled his future plans. This volume goes on to explain how Hitler had meetings with Social Democrats, meetings that made him angry and confused with the way others handled politics. His hatred for what he considered “bad” politics and Jews only grew. He soon decided that he wanted to change Germany to make it purer by only focusing on growing the Aryan race that he believed was “made of the best blood”. This