Adolf Hitler

Nazi Germany
Chancellors of Germany

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who led the Nazi Party and became Germany’s chancellor in 1933, later ruling as dictator. His expansionist policies and the 1939 invasion of Poland helped initiate the Second World War. Under his leadership, the Nazi regime carried out the Holocaust, murdering about six million Jews, alongside millions of other victims. Hitler died by suicide in Berlin in 1945 as Allied forces defeated Germany.

Born: 20 April 1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary
Political role: Chancellor of Germany from 1933; dictator during the Nazi era
Nazi regime crimes: Central to the Holocaust and the deaths of millions of other victims

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Article: Adolf Hitler (English Wikipedia)
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