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Adolf Hitler

1889 – 1945 · died at about 56^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Adolf Hitler

• Adolf Hitler was stateless for almost seven years: he gave up his Austrian citizenship in 1925 and only became a German citizen in 1932, through a state post in Brunswick.^[1]
• Hitler wanted to be an artist: the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna rejected him twice, and he later earned money painting and selling watercolors of Vienna's sights.^[1]
• Hitler's father was born illegitimate and at first bore his mother's surname, Schicklgruber.^[1]
• As an eight-year-old, Hitler took singing lessons, sang in the church choir and even considered becoming a priest.^[1]
• Mein Kampf was originally titled Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice; Hitler dictated most of its first volume in Landsberg Prison, at first to his chauffeur.^[1]
• Hitler smoked 25 to 40 cigarettes a day in his youth but later quit, and offered a gold watch to any close associate who could break the habit.^[1]
• Adolf Hitler was alive at the same time as Friedrich Engels — their lives overlapped for 6 years (1889–1895).^[1][2][3][4]
• Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin were both born in 1889.^[1][2][5][6]

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 War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the genocide of about six million Jews in the Holocaust as well as the deaths of millions of other victims.^[1]

Contemporaries

Henry Ford

56 yr overlap

H.G. Wells

56 yr overlap

Mahatma Gandhi

56 yr overlap

Max Planck

56 yr overlap

Orville Wright

56 yr overlap

Winston Churchill

56 yr overlap

Carl Jung

56 yr overlap

Albert Einstein

56 yr overlap

Pablo Picasso

56 yr overlap

Alexander Fleming

56 yr overlap

Igor Stravinsky

56 yr overlap

Franklin D. Roosevelt

56 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Adolf Hitler

When was Adolf Hitler born?

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, and died on April 30, 1945.

How old was Adolf Hitler at death?

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, and died on April 30, 1945, at age 56.

What was Adolf Hitler known for?

Adolf Hitler was known for: Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945. 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 War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the genocide of about six million Jews in the Holocaust as well as the deaths of millions of other victims.

Who was alive at the same time as Adolf Hitler?

Adolf Hitler's closest contemporary was Henry Ford. Their lives overlapped for 56 years.