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Submitted by jls436 on December 7, 2007
Category: History Other
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On April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler took his life after realizing he had lost the war, but what did that mean to the world? Did his death bear any real significance? What effects did his death have on his foes, victims, followers and allies? World War II was one of the most influential wars in global history. Along with battles of attrition, another horrific method of killing came to light, genocide. Concentration camps were instilled by the Nazi's through indirect commands from Hitler to Himmler near the beginning of WWII. In Himmler's recently found diaries, there was finally written evidence of Hitler's involvement with the Final Solution. Hitler's command of Germany had many negative repercussions not only on Germany but also on the minority populations that the Nazis terrorized and the rest of the world. While some believe that Hitler's death had no real effect on the world since he and his cause had already failed before his suicide, his death and his life leading up to his suicide impacted the entire world in many ways. His death was a very significant occurrence in the twentieth century. The effect he had on the world is still present today through his followers and systematic reforms that took place in the German government after the war ended. Even today historians and psychologists make Adolf Hitler their specialty so they can try and understand the motives behind his inhumane methods.
Many mysteries surround Hitler's death, which makes his death challenging and interesting to research. For example, there were questions about whether the body Stalin obtained from the base camp was Hitler or not. Many questions followed his death that need to be answered before looking at his actual death, including whether or not Hitler was sane at the latter end of his life, why he decided to take his own life, and if the cause of his death influenced the significance of it or not. Hitler's death was clouded with confusion and was still under...
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