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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World W…
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politics · Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 · soldier · painter · political writer · politician · military commander · writer · Holocaust perpetrator · also Adolf Hitler, Bohemian Corporal, Hitler
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“This is the first time that these people have spoken publicly about living under the shadow of Hitler. They do not romanticise their past. They are very humble and have suffered their whole lives under the curse of Adolf.”
“I was just thinking of comparing you to him.”
“scrupulously and faithfully observe every treaty into which they had entered of their own free will, including Locarno.”
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“divert our attention from the German financial program. It is revolutionary and it is successful.”
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“I offer you struggle, danger and death,”
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“shooting everyone who even looks odd”
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Diario de Cuyo: Cumpleaños nazi y escándalo en Misiones: una torta con esvástica y un menor haciendo el saludo de Hitler
Aire de Santa Fe: Escándalo en Misiones: festejó su cumpleaños con una torta nazi y un niño hizo el saludo de Hitler
Infobae: La Justicia investiga a un hombre que festejó su cumpleaños con una torta nazi y un nene que hizo el saludo de Hitler
Philenews: On this day: Voting in Germany decides Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer in 1934
Budapest Reporter: Interview: From Ashes to Iron to Killing Hitler – How a Hungarian Story Brought Director Danny A. Abeckaser to Budapest
aroundprague.cz: Footballer from the Zlín Region banned for a year over Hitler moustache gesture and Nazi salute
TechRadar: How to watch Dictator: The Hitler Interviews online for FREE – stream chilling documentary series from anywhere
AOL.com: Adolf Hitler re-elected in Namibia for fifth time - and is finally changing his name
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London Evening Standard: London bookshop removes copies of Hitler's Mein Kampf from display after backlash
ca.news.yahoo.com: New Arabic bookshop in London removes copies of Hitler's Mein Kampf from display after backlash
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elDiario.es: La novela de Sally Carson que narró, casi en tiempo real, cómo un tal Adolf Hitler llegaba al poder
The New York Times: Hitler’s Birthplace in Austria Is Now a Police Station
The Guardian: Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists
Lead Stories rated the claim “A real screenshot from match footage shows a German soccer fan in the stands who looks just like Adolf Hitler.” AI Watermark.
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DW.com rated the claim “An image of a fan inside the stadium wearing a German shirt, holding a German flag during Sunday's FIFA World Cup match Germany-Curaçao, and bearing a resemblance to Adolf Hitler.” DW Fact check: Fake and AI manipulated. A review of the original broadcast shows the same group of fans celebrating after Havertz's goal, but with one key difference: the alleged Hitler look-alike is nowhere to be seen..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Real photo of fan dressed as Hitler at Germany World Cup match” Altered picture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Recently declassified CIA files confirmed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler left Germany for South America after surviving WWII.” False.
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Blood from the sofa in Hitler's study was used by Turi King of the University of Bath for DNA analysis
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Hitler's vehicle bought by Zelensky” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo shared on social media authentically showed a U.S. soldier in Germany during World War II replacing a street sign that read “Adolf-Hitler-Str.” with another that read “Roosevelt Blvd.”” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Sen. JD Vance once called former U.S. President Donald Trump "America's Hitler."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “An image being shared online in late July 2024 authentically showed Adolf Hitler posing near-identically to Donald Trump in a separate, authentic photo captured after his attempted assassination.” Fake.
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Trump raised fist just like old image of Hitler” Altered.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo following shooting of Donald Trump similar to image of Adolf Hitler” Altered picture.
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The Quint rated the claim “The image shows a fan dressed as Adolf Hitler during the ongoing Euro 2024 tournament.” False.
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“Everybody thinks Hitler got to power because of his armies, because they were willing to kill, and that's partially true, because in the real world power is always built on the threat of death and dishonor. But mostly he got to power on words, on the right words at the right time.”
“Defeat of Hitler: Enter the Bunker”
In his 1977 book The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, the historian Robert G.
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Died 1945-04-30.
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“Eu sei, meus camaradas, que tem sido difícil as vezes que você desejou a mudança que nunca chega. De novo e de novo o apelo precisa ser feito para continuar a luta. Vocês não devem agir por si mesmos, vocês devem obedecer, vocês devem se entregar, vocês devem se submeter à poderosa necessidade de obedecer.”
“Opis: przed puczem monachijskim.”
“Em discurso a operários de uma unidade da Siemens”
“Acredito que a Providência nunca nos permitiria vislumbrar a vitória do Movimento se tivesse a intenção de nos destruir ao final.”
“Opis: podczas ślubu z Ewą Braun w bunkrze w 1945 (nazajutrz oboje popełnili samobójstwo).”
“O Estado deve colocar a raça no centro de toda a vida?”
“Aqueles que têm má saúde física e mental não devem perpetuar seus sofrimentos nos corpos de seus filhos.”
“Aprender história quer dizer procurar e encontrar as forças que conduzem às causas das ações do que vemos como acontecimentos históricos.”
“Everyone was at one time a Social Democrat.”
“Głównym punktem w programie nazistowskim jest zniesienie liberalnej koncepcji jednostki i marksistowskiej koncepcji ludzkości, które zastąpi zakorzeniona w ziemi i połączona ze sobą więzią wspólnej krwi wspólnota ludowa.”
“Se a liberdade é escassa em armas, devemos compensá-la através do poder da Vontade"*”
“Our fight is with money. Work alone will help us, not money. We must smash interest slavery. Our fight is with the races that represent money.”
“Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man.”
“Du meine Arbeit für richtig hältst, ob du glaubst, dass ich fleißig gewesen bin, dass ich gearbeitet habe, dass ich mich in diesen Jahren für dich eingesetzt habe, dass ich anständig meine Zeit verwendet habe im Dienste meines Volkes. Gib du jetzt deine Stimme ab, wenn "JA", dann tritt für mich ein, so wie ich für dich eingetreten bin! (niem.)”
“We stand for the maintenance of private property... We shall protect free enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible economic order.”
“Acredito hoje que estou agindo de acordo com o Criador Todo-Poderoso. Ao repelir os judeus estou lutando pelo trabalho do Senhor.”
“Temos de ser cruéis. Temos de recuperar a consciência tranquila para sermos cruéis.”
“Criticando o ditador italiano Benito Mussolini”
Awarded Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 in Black (1944).
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And 200 wood splinters had to be removed from his legs
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Mussolini was removed from power by King Victor Emmanuel III after a vote of no confidence of the Grand Council of Fascism
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Walter Charles Langer of Harvard University described Hitler as a "neurotic psychopath" and speculated that he exhibited masochistic tendencies and deep feelings of self-loathing, which he projected onto others, particul
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Sometime in the 1930s, Hitler adopted a mainly vegetarian diet, avoiding all meat and fish from 1942 onwards.
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“What to do with the Jews of Russia?”
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“Opis: po zapoznaniu się z planami ataku na ZSRR w 1941.”
Hitler became distrustful of his Army High Command and began to interfere in military and tactical planning, with damaging consequences
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Against the advice of the military, proved successful, though the diplomatic and military strategies he employed in attempts to force the United Kingdom out of the war ended in failure
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Awarded honorary citizen of Gdańsk (1939).
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“Opis: 11 sierpnia 1939 w Obersalzbergu podczas rozmowy z Carlem Burckhardtem.”
“Opis: fragment triumfalnego przemówienia wygłoszonego 19 września 1939 w Gdańsku.”
Hitler declared Britain the main enemy to be defeated and that Poland's obliteration was a necessary prelude for that goal
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“Opis: 11 sierpnia 1939 w Obersalzbergu podczas rozmowy z Carlem Burckhardtem o Armii Czerwonej.”
“s obliteration was a necessary prelude for that goal. The eastern flank would be secured, and land would be added to Germany”
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“Opis: inna wersja powyższego cytatu z przypisywanej Hitlerowi wypowiedzi z 22 sierpnia 1939. Autentyczność cytatu budzi wiele wątpliwości, w szczególności ostatniego zdania; fragment ten jest szeroko cytowany w literaturze na temat ludobójstwa Ormian w 1915.”
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1938).
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And subsequently made all major decisions regarding Germany's military strategy
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Awarded Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows (1937).
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Hitler began using amphetamine occasionally after 1937 and became addicted to it in late 1942.
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“Opis: do współpracowników, 5 listopada 1937.”
“the State dominates the nation because it alone represents it,”
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“Opis: przemówienie z maja 1935.”
Awarded SS Zivilabzeichen (1934).
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Saarbrücken (1934).
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Career landmark: president of Germany (1934–1945).
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“The Tragedy of the Political Exiles”
Awarded honorary citizen of Sankt Andreasberg in Sankt Andreasberg (1933).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Trier (1933).
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Career landmark: Reich Chancellor (1933–1945).
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Career landmark: Reichsstatthalter (1933–1945).
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Hitler prioritised military spending over unemployment relief
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1936, and 1938), voters were presented with a single list of Nazis and pro-Nazi "guests" which received well over 90 per cent of the vote
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Hitler's first year in office
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“Opis: w 1933 na Konferencji Episkopatu Niemiec w Berlinie.”
And then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934
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Awarded honorary citizen of Coburg (1932).
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“Opis: przemówienie w Monachium 29 stycznia 1932.”
“Opis: 17 października 1930.”
And married her on 29 April 1945, one day before they both committed suicide
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“Opis: tłumacząc na zebraniu partyjnym (nazistowskich liderów) w 1929, co oznacza przymiotnik „socjalistyczna” w nazwie NSDAP.”
“Opis: tekst napisany w 1928, ale publicznie wydany dopiero po II wojnie światowej.”
“Opis: przemówienie z 1 maja 1927, Hitler definiował jednak socjalizm odmiennie od marksistów.”
And 1926, Mein Kampf sold 228,000 copies between 1925 and 1932
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Did not acquire German citizenship for almost seven years
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“Opis: w lutym 1924 na swoim procesie, oskarżony o próbę przeprowadzenia zamachu stanu.”
Gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles as well as promoting pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda
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Hitler enlisted the help of World War I General Erich Ludendorff for an attempted coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch
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Attempted to seize governmental power in a failed coup in Munich and was sentenced to five years in prison, serving just over a year
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By staging his own coup in Bavaria, to be followed by a challenge to the government in Berlin
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“Opis: 12 kwietnia 1922 w Monachium.”
Joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921, was appointed the leader of the Nazi Party
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Awarded Wound Badge (1918) in Black (1918).
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Awarded Iron Cross, 1st class (1918).
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Awarded Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class (1915).
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Was present at the First Battle of Ypres and in that year was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross, Second Class
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Hitler ran out of money and was forced to live a bohemian life in homeless shelters and the Meldemannstraße dormitory
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Hitler left Linz to live and study fine art in Vienna, financed by an orphan's benefits and support from his mother
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After passing a repeat of the final exam, Hitler left the school without any ambitions for further education or clear plans for a career
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The family returned permanently to Leonding
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The family moved to Passau, Germany, following Alois's promotion to the customs administration in Passau
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Born 1889-04-20.
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Alois was made legitimate and his baptismal record annotated by a priest to register Johann Georg Hiedler as Alois's father (recorded as "Georg Hitler")
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Johann Georg Hiedler married Alois's mother
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