Hitler, Adolf

*		1889 in Braunau/Inn (Austria)
†		30 April 1945 in Berlin

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German politician

Hitler establishes a one-party dictatorship under the NSDAP, based on terror (for example, by establishing concentration camps). He is responsible for the reign of terror in Germany and in territories occupied by Germany during the war (including the murder of six million Jews).

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	1919 member of the German Workers’ Party; renamed NSDAP in 1920
	in November 1920 attempts an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the government of Bavaria in Munich; is sentenced to a five-year penitentiary term, during which he writes his programmatic work "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle"); amnestied in 1924
	appointed Reichs Chancellor on January 30, 1933, as the leader of the strongest party in the Reichstag
	in March 1933 through the so-called enabling legislation, he forces the abdication of the Reichstag, and the coordination (Gleichschaltung) of the German states (Länder), the parties, and the trade unions
	in 1934 after the death of Hindenburg, Hitler assumes the offices of Reichs President; thereafter he designates himself as "Führer and Reichs Chancellor"
	On September 1, 1939 Hitler unleashes the European war that leads into World War II; from 1941 to 1945 Hitler is Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (Wehrmacht)
	survives an attempt on his life on July 20, 1944