Hitler By: Bruce Wayne For my seminar I read the novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. In this book the main character is the terrifying and nocturnal vampire, Count Dracula. Dracula is hidden away in his castle in Transylvania and is feared among civilization. Like Adolf Hitler, their quests are similar, wanting to be feared, to have power, and to wish for immortality. As well, both the novel, Dracula and the reign of Hitler take place in between Austria and Germany. Early Days The Great War Nazi Party In 1919 Hitler was ordered to investigate a small group in Munich known as the German Workers' Party. He had listened to a speech on economics by Gottfried Feder and afterwards while a man rose up and spoke in favour of the German state of Bavaria breaking away from Germany and forming a new South German nation with Austria. This enraged Hitler and he spoke out forcefully against the man for the next fifteen minutes uninterrupted, to the astonishment of everyone. A few days later, Hitler received an unexpected postcard saying he had been accepted as a member into the party. He became the leader of the party and changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers' Party or Nazi for short. In the whirlwind campaign in 1930 where Germany was suffering from the Great Depression, Hitler was able to make promises and guarantee that Germany would once again become a strong nation. It was Hitler’s ability to give loud, effective and persuasive speeches, some of which would last 4 hours long. He began each speech in low, hesitating tones, gradually raising the pitch and volume of his voice then exploding into bursts of rage. On Election Day in 1930, the Nazis received over eighteen percent of the total, and were entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. It was a stunning victory for Hitler. The Holocaust World War II World War II began in September 1939 with the German attack on Poland. By mid 1940, Germany had conquered Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark,...