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Updated 2026-07-17

Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. His invasion of Poland started the Second World War. He was central to the Holocaust, the genocide of six million Jews, and the killing of millions of others the regime deemed subhuman.

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Born in Austria-Hungary in 1889, he moved to Germany in 1913 and served in the German Army during the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1921 he became leader of the Nazi Party. A failed coup in Munich in 1923 landed him in prison, where he dictated Mein Kampf. After his release in 1924, he built popular support attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism. By November 1932 the Nazi Party held the most Reichstag seats. On 30 January 1933, President Hindenburg appointed him chancellor. The Enabling Act of 23 March 1933 began the tra…

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Adolf Hitler

saidApr 1922

The Jews have shown real genius in profiting by politics.

— As quoted in A History of National Socialism, Konrad Heiden, Methuen & Company, LTD, London: UK, 1934, p. 58. Speech in April, 1922

Adolf Hitler

said1922

Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.

— Statement to Josef Heil, 1922 quoted in Gerald Fleming, Hitler and the Final Solution pg. 17

Adolf Hitler

said15 Aug 1920

There comes a time when it will be obvious that socialism can only be carried out accompanied by nationalism and antisemitism.

— "Why We Are Anti-Semites" (August 15, 1920) Translated from Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 16. Jahrg., 4. H. (October 1968), pp.

Adolf Hitler

said15 Aug 1920

If we are socialists, then we must definitely be anti-semites - and the opposite, in that case, is Materialism and Mammonism, which we seek to oppose...

— "Why We Are Anti-Semites," August 15, 1920 speech in Munich at the Hofbräuhaus. Translated from Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 16.

Adolf Hitler

said15 Aug 1920