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(20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers Party. He was Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945) and Führer of Germany (1934-1945).

After World War I, the Nazi Party gained power during Germany's period of crisis by exploiting nationalism, antisemitism, anti-communism, propaganda and by Hitler's charismatic oratory. The Nazis murdered many of their opponents, restructured the state economy, rearmed the armed forces (Wehrmacht) and established a totalitarian or fascist dictatorship. Hitler pursued a foreign policy with the goal of seizing Lebensraum. The German Invasion of Poland in 1939 caused the British and French Empires to declare war on Germany, effectively beginning World War II. [2]

The Axis Powers occupied most of Mainland Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. Eventually the Allies defeated the Wehrmacht. By 1945, Germany was in ruins. Hitler's bid for territorial conquest and racial subjugation caused the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the systematic genocide of an estimated six million Jews, not including various additional "undesirable" populations, in what is known as the Holocaust.

During the final days of the war in 1945, as Berlin was being invaded and destroyed by the Red Army, Hitler married Eva Braun. Less than 24 hours later, the two committed suicide in the Führerbunker.

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