Adolf Hitler: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Born April 20, 1889 • BraunauAustria
Died April 30, 1945 (aged 56) • BerlinGermany
Title / Office Führer (1934-1945), Germanychancellor (1933-1945), Germany
Founder Hitler YouthSASS
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Awards And Honors Iron Cross (1918)Iron Cross (1914)
Notable Works “Mein Kampf”
Notable Family Members spouse Eva Braun
Role In Anglo-German Naval AgreementAnschlussAnti-Comintern PactBeer Hall PutschDrang nach Ostenfinal solutionFirst Battle of YpresGerman-Soviet Nonaggression PactHolocaustJuly PlotKristallnachtMunich AgreementNazismNight of the Long KnivesNürnberg RallyOperation BarbarossaPact of SteelT4 ProgramWorld War IWorld War IIthe BlitzEnabling Act

Did You Know?

  • The KGB claims that they destroyed Hitler's remains and scattered his ashes so that his grave would not become a shrine for his supporters.
  • When tested, the skull fragment that Russia held which supposedly belonged to Hitler was definitively found to belong to a female.
  • The execution and humiliation of Mussolini and his mistress after fascist Italy fell are said to have contributed to Hitler's decision to commit suicide along with his wife.

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