| Adolf Hitler | |
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| In office 2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Paul von Hindenburg (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Karl Dönitz (as President) |
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| In office 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt von Schleicher |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Goebbels |
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| Born | 20 April 1889 Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary  |
| Died | 30 April 1945 (aged 56) Berlin, Germany  |
| Nationality | Austrian by birth till 1925 [1], Since 1932 German |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse | Eva Braun (married on 29 April 1945) |
| Occupation | Agitator, Activist, Writer, Painter, Politican |
| Religion | see section(s) below |
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) German Workers Party. He was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and became "Führer" in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.
The Nazis gained power during Germany's period of crisis after World War I. They used propaganda and charismatic oratory, emphasizing nationalism, anti-semitism, and anti-communism. After restructuring the economy and rearming the military, a dictatorship commonly characterized as totalitarian or fascist was established. Hitler pursued an aggressive foreign policy, with an ideological goal of Lebensraum (expanding living space for Germans). The German Invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered armed conflict between the British and French Empires (the Allies) and Germany.
The Axis Powers occupied most of Europe and parts of Asia at their zenith but were eventually defeated by the Allies. By the end of the war, Hitler's policies of territorial conquest and racial subjugation had brought death and destruction to tens of millions of people, including the genocide of some six million Jews in what is now known as the Holocaust.
In the final days of the war, Hitler and his new wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin, as the city was overrun by the Red Army of the Soviet Union.
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