Adolf Hitler & Martin Luther King Jr.

Did Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr. live at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr. lived at the same time for 16 years, from 1929 to 1945.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Adolf Hitler · Martin Luther King Jr. · Born in 1889 · Born in 1929

Adolf Hitler

Politics & Leadership

Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Activism & Social Change

"I Have a Dream," civil rights leader

18891968

Adolf Hitler

Martin Luther King Jr.

Adolf Hitler

Politics & Leadership

Born in Adolf Hitler's birth house

Died in Führerbunker

Martin Luther King Jr.

Activism & Social Change

Born in Atlanta

Died in St. Joseph's Hospital

World Events During Their Overlap

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

Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
Adolf Hitler (Q352) — Wikidata
Martin Luther King Jr. — Wikipedia
Martin Luther King Jr. (Q8027) — Wikidata