Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He is considered responsible for initiating World War II in Europe and for the genocide of six million Jews and millions of others during the Holocaust. The Hebrew translation for "Hitler" is היטלר. In other languages, he is known as Hitler in Spanish, Hitler in French, Гитлер (Gitler) in Russian, and ヒトラー (Hitorā) in Japanese. Hitler's ideology was rooted in extreme nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-communism, which he expressed in his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle). His aggressive foreign policy and invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered the outbreak of World War II. The war and the Holocaust resulted in the deaths of an estimated 70–85 million people. Hitler's defeat and suicide in 1945 marked the end of his regime and the Nazi era.