Hitler's Deadly Austrian Coup: The Human Cost

Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, in 1889. He was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during World War II and the Holocaust. Hitler's actions led to the deaths of more than 50 million people during the war, as well as the systematic killing of six million Jews and millions of others during the Holocaust. In addition, a register discovered in Austria in 1945 details the deaths of 35,224 people as part of the Nazi euthanasia program.

Hitler was responsible for the Holocaust, which saw the state-sponsored killing of six million Jews and millions of others

Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, in 1889. He was the leader of the Nazi Party and chancellor and Führer of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was responsible for starting World War II, which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 million people. He was also responsible for the Holocaust, which saw the state-sponsored killing of six million Jews and millions of others.

Hitler's worldview revolved around two concepts: territorial expansion and racial supremacy. These themes informed his decision to invade Poland, which marked the start of World War II, as well as the systematic killing of Jews and other minorities during the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was a genocide in which Jews, as well as other minorities such as Roma, homosexuals, people with disabilities, and political opponents, were targeted for extermination. It took place across German-occupied Europe, including Austria, and involved the use of concentration camps, forced labour, and mass murder.

One of the primary documents used to calculate the number of deaths in the Nazi "euthanasia" program is a register discovered in a locked filing cabinet by US Army troops in 1945 at a killing site in Hartheim, Austria. This register details the number of patients who were "disinfected" in 1940, with a final column indicating that 35,224 persons had been put to death that year.

Hitler was responsible for starting World War II, which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 million people

Hitler's actions changed the course of the world. World War II led to the extension of the Soviet Union's power in eastern, central, and Balkan Europe, enabled a communist movement to eventually achieve control in China, and marked the decisive shift of power away from western Europe and toward the United States and the Soviet Union.

In addition to the Holocaust, the Nazi regime also carried out a "euthanasia" program, which resulted in the deaths of 35,224 people in 1940 alone. Hitler served in World War I and was wounded in October 1916 and gassed in 1918.

Hitler's worldview revolved around territorial expansion and racial supremacy, which informed his decision to invade Poland

Hitler's worldview was informed by two concepts: territorial expansion and racial supremacy. In his book *Mein Kampf*, Hitler argued that Germany should have won World War I, but had been stabbed in the back by Jews and communists. He believed that Germany's future lay in territorial expansion and that only with Lebensraum, or 'living space', could Germans fulfil their destiny as the master race. Hitler's expansionist aims were focused on Europe, although he did have some geopolitical thoughts about Africa. He believed that war was inevitable until the racially fittest nation achieved complete supremacy.

Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the start of World War II, which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 million people. Poland was a key target for Hitler because it was to be the point of departure for the biological-racial policies of a new order throughout all of Eastern Europe. The indigenous population was to be biologically crushed and deported to the East, and once 'racially sifted', they could be used as a labour pool. Hitler's worldview, therefore, directly informed his decision to invade Poland.

Hitler served in World War I and was wounded in October 1916

Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, in 1889. He was responsible for starting World War II, which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 million people. He was also responsible for the Holocaust, the state-sponsored killing of six million Jews and millions of others.

Hitler served throughout World War I and was wounded several times. The most severe injury occurred on October 7, 1916, during heavy fighting near Bapaume, France. He was wounded in the left thigh by a fragment of a shell. Hitler was sent to convalesce near Berlin and returned to his unit by February 1917.

In addition to his physical wounds, Hitler was also temporarily blinded by a British gas attack in October 1918. Despite these injuries, he continued to serve in the war and took part in twelve battles and twenty-five other stints of trench duty over four years. His experiences in World War I had a profound impact on Hitler, shaping his worldview and the decisions he would make as the leader of Nazi Germany.

Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, in 1889

In 1941, 5,000 Romani people from Austria were deported to Łódź, Kovno, Riga, and Minsk. Additionally, thousands of Jews were expelled from Hungary and shot in Ukraine. Romania also deported about 154,000–170,000 Jews to ghettos in Transnistria from 1941 to 1943, where the total death toll may have reached 160,000.

The Holocaust, triggered by Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, resulted in unimaginable loss of life. The exact number of deaths is difficult to determine, but it is estimated that millions perished, including those who died in concentration camps, gas chambers, and death marches.

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