Adolf Hitler
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| - | '''Adolf Hitler''' ([[April 20]], [[1889]] - [[April 30]], [[1945]]) was the [[Führer]] of [[Nazi Germany]] and of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. From [[1933]] to [[1945]] he was also Chancellor of Germany, head of government, and state. A gifted [[orator]] with a profound personal presence, Hitler is regarded as one of the most significant leaders of world history. The [[military-industrial complex]] he helped create pulled Germany out of the post-World War I economic crisis and, at its height, controlled the greater part of Europe. The [[brutal]] embrace of total war by all sides in World War II resulted in a [[savage]] [[destruction]] of Europe and the deaths of an estimated 50 million people. The Racial policy of Nazi Germany (which included what is now called the [[Holocaust]]) resulted in the deaths of millions and the displacement of millions more. In the end he died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, Germany in ruins around him and his enemies closing in, the Red Army only a few blocks away. | + | '''Adolf Hitler''' ([[April 20]], [[1889]] - [[April 30]], [[1945]]) was the [[Führer]] of [[Nazi Germany]] and of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. From [[1933]] to [[1945]] he was also Chancellor of Germany, head of government, and state. A gifted [[orator]] with a profound [[personal presence]], Hitler is regarded as one of the most significant leaders of world history. The [[military-industrial complex]] he helped create pulled Germany out of the post-World War I economic crisis and, at its height, controlled the greater part of Europe. The [[brutal]] embrace of total war by all sides in World War II resulted in a [[savage]] [[destruction]] of Europe and the deaths of an estimated 50 million people. The Racial policy of Nazi Germany (which included what is now called the [[Holocaust]]) resulted in the deaths of millions and the displacement of millions more. In the end he died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, Germany in ruins around him and his enemies closing in, the Red Army only a few blocks away. |
| Hitler was also a mediocre [[visual art]]ist and author of one non-fiction book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''. | Hitler was also a mediocre [[visual art]]ist and author of one non-fiction book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''. | ||
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Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was the Führer of Nazi Germany and of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. From 1933 to 1945 he was also Chancellor of Germany, head of government, and state. A gifted orator with a profound personal presence, Hitler is regarded as one of the most significant leaders of world history. The military-industrial complex he helped create pulled Germany out of the post-World War I economic crisis and, at its height, controlled the greater part of Europe. The brutal embrace of total war by all sides in World War II resulted in a savage destruction of Europe and the deaths of an estimated 50 million people. The Racial policy of Nazi Germany (which included what is now called the Holocaust) resulted in the deaths of millions and the displacement of millions more. In the end he died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, Germany in ruins around him and his enemies closing in, the Red Army only a few blocks away.
Hitler was also a mediocre visual artist and author of one non-fiction book Mein Kampf.
Hitler in popular culture
Hitler as frustrated artist
