Seeds of Hatred and Destruction: A Critical Analysis of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitic Worldview

Abstract

The paper is twofold: to examine Hitler's time spent as a drifter and vagabond artist between 1907 to 1913 and illuminate influences which contributed to Hitler's anti-Semitic worldview; and relate Hitler's hatred and contempt for Jews to his military service and the end of World War I, and demonstrate how his hatred and contempt for Jews and Marxists contributed to the start of his political career.  This work will focus on Hitler's time spent in Vienna before the war, fighting in the trenches at the Western Front, recovering from injuries sustained from a mustard attack in a Bavarian hospital, and his reactions to seeing civilians profiting from the War coupled with their lack of continued support towards a German victory in World War I.  It will also look at Hitler's military duties working as political spy and barracks informer and his entry in party politics in Germany.