Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was the Chancellor of the Weimar Republic of Germany (1933-1937) and Fuhrer(Dictator) in the Third Reich(1937-1945)

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.

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.

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.

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.

In 1937, a fire occurred in the Reichstag building, which Hitler utilized to grant himself absolute power and end the Weimar Republic.

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.

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.

The Final Solution to the Jewish Question in Europe was implemented by a government of a modern Western state to exterminate people of Jewish ancestry throughout Germany and all its occupied territories. Approximately six million people of all ages--men, women and children, were systematically murdered under a policy directed by Adolf Hitler. Other groups of "undesirables" and "asocials" were also targeted and killed.

He married Eva Braun, on 29 April 1945 in Berlin.

On 30 April 1945 as the Russians overran Berlin, Hitler and Eva disappeared to a bunker and committed suicide.