He sold his steel company in 1901. That is how he made his millions.
The Hegira is the journey or migration of Muhammad (the Islamic prophet) and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib in 622. After getting a warning from a group he and his followers surreptitiously left his residence in Mecca to migrate to Yathrib which was 320 km north of Mecca. In his migration, he was followed by Abu Bakr who later became one of the Caliphs.
When Hitler came to power he was determined to make Germany a great power again and to dominate Europe. He had set out his ideas in a book called Mein Kampf (My Struggle) that he had written in prison in 1924. His main aims were
<span>To destroy the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after her defeat in World War One.
Hitler felt the Treaty was unfair and most Germans supported this view.To unite all German speakers together in one country.
After World War One there were Germans living in many countries in Europe e.g. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland.
Hitler hoped that by uniting them together in one country he would create a powerful Germany or Grossdeutschland.
<span>To expand eastwards into the East (Poland, Russia) to gain land for Germany (Lebensraum- living space).
European leaders were shocked when this outrageous act happened.</span></span>
Noah in the biblical sense like Noah’s ark
