Adolf Hitler
Chancellor and Führer of Nazi Germany (1889–1945) whose regime launched World War II and perpetrated the Holocaust, systematically murdering six million Jews and millions of others. Hitler remains the defining symbol of 20th-century totalitarianism, genocide, and the catastrophic potential of fascist demagoguery.
Adolf Hitler's significance lies in the consequences of the movement and rule associated with Führer und Reichskanzler of Germany: ideology, repression, victims, mass violence, and the collapse of democratic or pluralist safeguards. The page should be read as a historical warning, not as validation of office prestige or state authority.
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- birth year
- 1889
- death year
- 1945
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- historical_atrocity
- monetization allowed
- false
- office
- Führer und Reichskanzler of Germany
- historical status
- deceased_historical
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Overview
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) and Chancellor and head of state of Germany from 1933 until his death by suicide on April 30, 1945. His twelve-year regime launched the most destructive war in human history, killing an estimated 70–85 million people, and perpetrated the Holocaust — the systematic, state-directed murder of six million Jews and an additional five to six million people including Roma, disabled individuals, Soviet civilians, Polish intellectuals, gay men, and political opponents.