Hitler and the Nazi Party didn’t need a coup to attain power. He gained it by outsmarting Germany’s Weimar ruling class and the new business class known as the Conservative Elite. Their greed, combined with their ignorance, contributed to Hitler’s rise to power and the Third Reich. 

Against many harsh odds, Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797) became an African writer. He used his experience as a former enslaved person to teach and encourage the British abolition movement. 

Known as the “Limping Lady,” Hall became a pioneer in the intelligence industry. She posed as a milkmaid, charwoman, and farmworker to move through rural areas unnoticed. Hall sometimes pretended to be a deaf-mute. One of her most famous disguises involved dressing as a frail older woman, complete with a hunched posture, shabby clothes, and a cane. She darkened her hair and stained her teeth to complete the look. She always evaded the Gestapo.

Hitler changed German education to instill Nazi ideology in youth. He taught them to relish hatred rather than think. The so-called reforms began in the early 1930s and grew after Hitler came to power in 1933.