Adolf Hitler
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Wars, Battles, World War II, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Fascism, Fascists, Holocaust
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: As leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party in Germany and as dictator of the Third Reich, Hitler was responsible for many of the events that led to World War II. His belief in Teutonic racial superiority and his anti-Semitism also resulted in the Holocaust.
Early Life
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, which is near Linz, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Alois, was a customs agent whose primary concerns were his work, his status, and himself. When he was forty-seven, Alois married...
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