Adolf Hitler - Politician

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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A life in dates

1974Hitler's Letters and NotesBook published after his deathMore about this, book by Werner Maser1961Hitlers Zweites BuchBook published after his deathMore about this, book containing an unedited transcript of Adolf Hitler's thoughts on foreign policy written in 1928; written after Mein Kampf, but not published in his lifetime1945Died30 April 19451944Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 in BlackAward1939Honorary Citizen of GdańskAward1938Time Person of the YearAward1937Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red ArrowsAward1934Honorary Citizen of SaarbrückenAwardHonorary CitizenshipAwardSS ZivilabzeichenAwardPresident of GermanyOffice1934-19451933Honorary Citizen of Sankt AndreasbergAwardHonorary Citizen of TrierAwardReich ChancellorOffice1933-19451932Honorary Citizen of CoburgAward1922“Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.”In their wordsStatement to Josef Heil, 1922 quoted in Gerald Fleming, Hitler and the Final Solution pg. 17Read the whole statement

1920“There comes a time when it will be obvious that socialism can only be carried out accompanied by nationalism and antisemitism.”In their words15 August 1920"Why We Are Anti-Semites" (August 15, 1920) Translated from Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 16. Jahrg., 4. H. (October 1968), pp.Read the whole statement

“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...”In their words15 August 1920"Why We Are Anti-Semites," August 15, 1920 speech in Munich at the Hofbräuhaus. Translated from Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 16.Read the whole statement

“Abolition of work-free and effortless income. Breaking of interest-slavery.”In their words24 February 1920"The Nazi 25-point Programme," Hitler's speech on party's program (February 24, 1920) in Munich, Germany. Nazi Ideology Before 1933: ARead the whole statement

1919“Antisemitism based on purely emotional grounds will always find its ultimate expression in the form of pogroms.”In their words16 September 1919Letter (16 September 1919), quoted in Eberhard Jäckel, Hitler's World View: A Blueprint for Power (Harvard University Press, 1981), p. 48Read the whole statement

1918Iron Cross, 1st classAwardWound Badge (1918) in BlackAward1915Iron Cross (1914), 2nd classAward1905“Everyone was at one time a Social Democrat.”In their wordsAs quoted in Hitler: Sämtliche Aufzeichnungen 1905-1924, Eberhard Jäckel and Axel Kuhn, (editors) Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt,Read the whole statement

1889Born20 April 1889

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Hitler (c. 1889-90)

The house in Leonding, Austria, where Hitler spent his early adolescence

The Alter Hof in Munich, a watercolour painting by Hitler in 1914

Hitler (far right, seated) with Bavarian Army comrades from the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (c. 1914-18)

In their own words 10

Adolf Hitler

10 statements, newest first

The Jews have shown real genius in profiting by politics.
Apr 1922, As quoted in A History of National Socialism, Konrad Heiden, Methuen & Company, LTD, London: UK, 1934, p. 58. Speech in April, 1922, Own words
Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.
1922, Statement to Josef Heil, 1922 quoted in Gerald Fleming, Hitler and the Final Solution pg. 17, Own words
The common good before the individual good. (Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz)
1920, 1920, Own words

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Awards

Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 in Black1944

Honorary Citizen of Gdańsk1939

Time Person of the Year1938

Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows1937

Honorary Citizen of Saarbrücken1934

Honorary Citizenship, Neunkirchen1934

SS Zivilabzeichen1934

Honorary Citizen of Sankt Andreasberg1933

Honorary Citizen of Trier1933

Honorary Citizen of Coburg1932

Wound Badge (1918) in Black1918

Iron Cross, 1st class1918

Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class1915

Honorary Citizen of Goslar, Goslar

Golden Party Badge

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Blood Order

Military Merit Order (Bavaria)

Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves

Family

Parents

Adolf Hitler

Partners

Spouse Eva Braun

Child Jean-Marie Loret

Brothers and sisters

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About this person

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 transformation into a totalitarian dictatorship. On 1 September 1939 he ordered the invasion of Poland. In June 1941 he invaded the Soviet Union, then declared war on the United States. On 30 April 1945, as Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, he and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker.

Country

Austria

In common with Adolf

Heinrich HimmlerBoth received Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves

Politicians from Austria 5

Sebastian Kurz75.1

Alexander Van der Bellen75.5

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria72.8

Gerald Grosz71.0

Kurt Waldheim67.0

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