Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated the European theatre of World War II by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

20 April 1889

Born on the same birth date (20 April 1889): Albert Jean Amateau • Marie-Antoinette de Geuser • Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland • Tonny Kessler

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Born in the same month (April 1889): Adrian Boult • Albert Jean Amateau • Anita Loos • Arnold J. Toynbee • Charlie Chaplin • Efrem Zimbalist • Gabriela Mistral • Grigoraș Dinicu • K. B. Hedgewar • Karel Doorman • Ludwig Wittgenstein • Lyubov Popova • Makhanlal Chaturvedi • Marcel Boussac • Marie-Antoinette de Geuser • Otto Georg Thierack • Stafford Cripps • Thomas Hart Benton (painter) • Tonny Kessler • Vicente Ferreira Pastinha