Historical Figure
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
About Adolf 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.Wikipedia ↗
Associated Events
Genocide1933 CE – 1945 CE
The Holocaust
The systematic, state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
Empire1933 CE – 1939 CE
Rise of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, and rapidly transformed the Weimar Republic into a totalitarian one-party dictatorship through a combination of legal manipulation, intimidation, and violence.
War1939 CE – 1945 CE
World War II
The deadliest conflict in human history, killing an estimated 70–85 million people. The war included the Holocaust — the genocide of 6 million Jews and millions of others — and ended in the Pacific theater with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.