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Adolf Hitler & C. S. Lewis

Did Adolf Hitler and C. S. Lewis live at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and C. S. Lewis lived at the same time for 47 years, from 1898 to 1945.[1][2][3][4]

Adolf Hitler · C. S. Lewis · Born in 1889 · Born in 1898

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
1889–1945
Politics & Leadership
Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
1898–1963
Literature
Author of The Chronicles of Narnia
18891963
Adolf Hitler
C. S. Lewis
Adolf Hitler
Politics & Leadership
Born in Adolf Hitler's birth house
Died in Führerbunker
C. S. Lewis
Literature
Born in Belfast
Died in Oxford

World Events During Their Overlap

1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins
1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins
1939 World War II begins
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII
1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy
1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends
1945 United Nations founded

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Sources

  1. Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
  2. Adolf Hitler (Q352) — Wikidata
  3. C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
  4. C. S. Lewis (Q9204) — Wikidata