Full Name: Adolf Hitler
Nickname: Der Führer

Father: Alois Hitler (Austrian customs official, b. 1837, d. 1903)
Mother: Klara Pölzl (b. 1860, m. 1885, d. 1907 cancer)
Spouse(s): Eva Braun (29–30 April 1945)

Date of Birth: 20 April 1889
Birth Place: Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary
Date of Death: 30 April 1945 (aged 56)
Death Place: Berlin, Germany
Cause of Death: Suicide

Remains: Cremated (some remains reside in a state museum, Moscow, Russia)
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Nationality: Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925, German citizen after 25 February 1932
Occupation: Politician, Soldier, Artist, Writer 
Chancellor of Germany: 1933-1945
Political Party: National Socialist German Workers' Party (1921–1945)
Service: Reichsheer
Service Years: 1914–1918
Rank: Gefreiter
Awards: Iron Cross First Class, Iron Cross Second Class, Wound Badge

Books: Mein Kampf (1925), The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Hitler's Second Book, Secret Conversations (1941-1944), Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations, 1932-1945 (English Volume III: 1939-1940)

On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian town of Braunau near the German border. As the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (also known as the Nazi Party), he rose to power in German politics as a leader. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator from 1934 to 1945. Hitler was responsible for starting World War II and for killing more than 11 million people during the Holocaust. In his Berlin bunker, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

Early Life: Adolf Hitler was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. His father and mother both have come from poor peasant families. His father Alois Hitler, the illegitimate son of a housemaid, was an intelligent and ambitious man and later became a senior customs official. When Hitler was three, the family moved from Austria to Germany. Klara Hitler was Alois' third wife. Alois was twenty-three years older than Klara and already had two children from his previous marriages. Klara and Alois had five children but only Adolf and a younger sister, Paula, survived to become adults.

At primary school, Hitler did extremely well at primary school and it appeared he had a bright academic future in front of him. He was also popular with other pupils and was much admired for his leadership qualities. He was also a deeply religious child and for a while considered the possibility of becoming a monk. However, competition at secondary school was tougher and Hitler stopped trying as a result.

Alois Hitler died suddenly in 1903. Two years later, Adolf’s mother allowed her son to drop out of school. He moved to Vienna and worked as a casual labourer and a watercolour painter. Hitler applied to the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of Architecture. His applications were rejected. In 1908 he again tried to apply to the Vienna Academy of Art but this time was not even allowed to take the test. Two months later, his mother passed away from breast cancer.

In May 1913 Adolf Hitler, still, a penniless vagrant moved to Munich in southern Germany. Hitler during WW1At the outbreak of the First World War, in 1914, he volunteered for service in the German army and was accepted into the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. During the war, he fought on Germany's Western front with distinction but gained no promotion (advancement) beyond the rank of corporal (a low-ranking military officer). Injured twice, he won several awards for bravery, among them the highly respected Iron Cross First Class.

Hitler Gets Political: After the war, many in Germany felt betrayed by the German government for their sudden and unexpected surrender. The subsequent inflation made even finding a job and day-to-day living difficult for the average German citizen. In 1919, Hitler attended his first meeting of the German Workers' party, an anti-Semitic, nationalist group as a spy for the German Army. However, he found he agreed with Anton Drexler's German nationalism and anti-Semitism. He disagreed with how they were organised leading him to make a passionate speech. Hitler quickly cemented his reputation as an engaging orator through his passion for the injustices faced by Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.

He quickly rose through the ranks and, by 1921, was the leader of the re-named National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi). With terrible economic conditions and rapid inflation, support for Hitler's party grew. By 1923, the Nazis had 56,000 members and many more supporters. On 8 and 9 November 1923, Hitler staged the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch. He hoped to force the Bavarian government to work with the Nazis and march together on Berlin. The attempt failed but, although Hitler was tried for treason, the judge gave him a very light sentence. While in prison, Hitler wrote 'Mein Kampf', which formulated his political ideas. He reorganised his party on his release from jail, but it was not until the world depression hit Germany that the Nazis were able to attract significant followers. By 1930, the Nazis were polling around 6.5 million votes. In the presidential elections of 1932, Hitler came second. On 30 January 1933, President Hindenburg was forced to appoint Hitler as Chancellor, given his popular support.

Chancellor Of Germany: On 30 January 1933, Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany in a ceremony held at Hindenburg’s office. Having gained legislative and executive power, Hitler began his move toward establishing the Nazi dictatorship in Germany. Though the Nazi party had failed to gain a majority in parliament, he blocked all attempts of his opponents to come into power through elections. Hitler’s government further banned the Communist Party of Germany and the Social Democratic party and forced all other parties to dissolve. On 14 July 1933, Nazi Party was declared the only legal Party in Germany. After the death of President Hindenburg on 2 August 1934, Hitler was made the supreme commander of the military and ultimate power of the nation, whose officers took the oath to Hitler’s loyalty.

During Hitler’s rule, Germany witnessed the largest expansion of infrastructure and reached the level of near full employment. One of the major policies of Hitler was racial purification, based upon the ideas of Arthur de Gobineau - misinterpretation though - meaning the survival of the fittest. The policy caused the deaths of thousands of physically disabled, mentally retarded and ill people, who-in Hitler’s opinion were unworthy of life, and a burden to their nation. The Holocaust was seen as the only way out to eliminate the Jews from their land. Though Hitler always denied any mass killing conducted by the Nazis, there is evidence, which clearly shows the involvement of Hitler in the executions.

The Second World War: On September 1, 1939, Hitler began World War II with his quest to control Europe. On 3 Sept 1939, the United Kingdom declared war against Germany. UK President Winston Churchill maintained smart relations with the U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt that secured an everyday provide of food, arms and oil in UK. once the attack on haven, Winston totally supported the U.S in its fatal counterattack on European countries and Japan. The sudden invasion of Poland was immediately followed by the destruction of Jews and the Polish elite, and the beginnings of German colonization. Following the declaration of war by France and England, Hitler temporarily turned his military machine west, where the light, mobile attacks of the German forces quickly triumphed. In April 1940, Denmark surrendered, soon followed by Norway. In May and June, the rapidly advancing tank forces defeated France and the Low Countries. In the Air Battle of Britain, England sustained heavy damage but held out after German naval operations collapsed.

The major goal of Hitler's conquest lay in the East. On June 22, 1941, the German army advanced on Russia in the so-called Operation Barbarossa, which Hitler regarded as Germany's final struggle for existence and "living space" ( Lebensraum ) and for the creation of the "new order" of German racial domination. However, after initial rapid advances, the German troops were stopped by the severe Russian winter and failed to reach any of their three major goals: Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad. The following year's advances were again slower than expected, and with the first major setback at Stalingrad (1943), the long retreat from Russia began. A year later, the Western Allied forces of America, England, and Russia started advancing on Germany. However, the tide turned at the Battle of Stalingrad at the beginning of 1943. As the Allied Army got closer to Berlin, Hitler continued to control his regime from the safety of an underground bunker. Soon, even that was no longer safe.

Death: On April 29, 1945, Adolf Hitler married his long-time mistress, Eva Braun, and wrote both his last will and political testament. The following day, on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide.