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Adolf Hitler

Also known as Bohemian Corporal, Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German dictator who led Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945, during which time he initiated World War II by invading Poland and orchestrated the Holocaust, the systematic genocide of six million Jews and millions of others. He matters to history because his actions and ideology shaped the twentieth century's deadliest conflict and one of humanity's greatest atrocities, making him a pivotal but horrifying figure in modern history.

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Born: 20 April 1889
Died: 30 April 1945
Works: 468

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Rede van Rijkskanselier Adolf Hitler in den Rijksdag op 13 Juli 1934
The words of Adolf Hitler
The testament of Adolf Hitler
Führer-Rede zum Kriegswinterhilfswerk 1941/1942, mit der Rede des Reichministers dr. Goebbels sowie dem Rechenschaftsbericht des Kriegswinterhilfswerkes 1940/41

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Germany
Active from: 1889
Active to: 1945

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Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the genocide of about six million Jews in the Holocaust as well as the murders of millions of other victims.

Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921, was appointed the leader of the Nazi Party. In 1923, he attempted to seize governmental power in a failed coup in Munich and was sentenced to five years in prison, serving just over a year. While there, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf (lit. 'My Struggle'). After his early release in 1924, he gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles as well as promoting pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced communism as being part of an international Jewish conspiracy.