Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was the Chancellor of the Weimar Republic of Germany (1933-1937) and Fuhrer(Dictator) in the Third Reich(1937-1945)
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Birth and pre political life
He was born in 1889 in Austria. He immigrated to Germany and served as an enlisted soldier in the Imperial Army in World War I. He also worked as a painter.
Orator
Hitler was a great orator who made the people of Germany believe that he could lead them out of their economic problems. He also inspired a strong sense of nationalism and racism in the German people.
Beer Hall incident
Hitler joined Erich Ludendorff in Munich. Ludendorff was planning a revolt against the provincial governor in a small beer hall. In the ensuing fight with the Army, Hitler escaped being shot, because he tripped and fell right before soldiers opened fire.
Election of 1933
The newly formed Nazi party, which he dominated, selected him as its candidate for Chancellor in the 1933 election, to face off against the Socialists(Sozis). The Nazi paramilitary force staged a massive campaign of violence in the days before the election. This and his persuasive style of speaking are often credited for his victory.
Fire in the Reichstag
In 1937, a fire occurred in the Reichstag building, which Hitler utilized to grant himself absolute power and end the Weimar Republic.
Dutch Royal Wedding
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands had a wedding, for which invitations were sent to every head of state, except Hitler. When he inquired why he was not invited, Queen Wilhelmina informed him that they didn't invite painters. This snubbing is believed to have started his hatred for the Dutch.
Jewish blood
Hitler had a check done on his paternal grandfather, who's race he didn't know. It was found that he was a Jew. These results were ordered to be kept secret by Hitler.
Final Solution
He was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews, many disabled persons, and homosexuals, along with many other groups, through the so-called "final solution", although Lucy Dawidowicz, a leading scholar in the Intentionalist school of Holocaust historiography has dismissed as not worthy of mention the "prostitutes, homosexuals, perverts, and common criminals" incarcerated by the Nazi. [1]
Marriage
He married Eva Braun, his girlfriend, in the 1940s.
Suicide
After Germany was conquered in 1945, he and his wife fled to a bunker where they committed suicide.
