Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted 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.
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Background
- Born in
- Braunau am Inn
- Educated at
- Lambach AbbeyBundesrealgymnasium Linz Fadingerstraße
- Awards
- 🏆 Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918🏆 Time Person of the Year
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Trending topics shown first"And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know."
"Late you come, yet you do come!... You should have recognized the beneficial power of criticism when we were in the opposition. Back then, you had not yet been confronted with these words; back then o…"
"We want to build up a new state! That is why the others hate us so much today. They have often said as much. They said: "Yes, their social experiment is very dangerous! If it takes hold, and our own w…"
"We are not interested in suppressing other nations. We do not want to see other nations among us. We want to live our own life. ... Germany and Poland are two nations, and these nations will live, and…"
"You will never learn what I am thinking. And those who boast most loudly that they know my thought, to such people I lie even more."
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1889
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Birth1945
Died
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