Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn. An Austrian-born German politician, Hitler led the Nazi Party and became chancellor of Germany in January 1933, after which he turned the country into a one-party dictatorship under the title of Führer. His regime rearmed Germany, persecuted political opponents, Jews, Roma and others, and annexed Austria and Czech lands before invading Poland in September 1939, which began the Second World War in Europe. His government organised the Holocaust, the systematic murder of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. He took his own life in Berlin as Soviet troops closed in, days before Germany surrendered.
Before and after
- 31 March 1889Construction of Eiffel Tower
- 1 April 1889Origins of Osaka
- 7 April 1889Birth of Gabriela Mistral
- 16 April 1889Birth of Charlie Chaplin
- 20 April 1889Birth of Adolf Hitler
- 26 April 1889Birth of Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 28 April 1889Birth of António de Oliveira Salazar
- 11 June 1889Birth of Anna Akhmatova
- 5 July 1889Birth of Jean Cocteau
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The era
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