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Adolf Hitler: Rise, Power & Legacy (Biography & Analysis)

Born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary.
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Son of Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. He had several siblings; some died in infancy.
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He moved around during his youth, had interest in art, especially painting, but twice failed to gain admission to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
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War Experience & Rise in Politics

During World War I, he served in the German army; was wounded and awarded the Iron Cross (First and Second Class).
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After the war, joined the German Workers’ Party (DAP), which later became the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP or Nazi Party).
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Rise to Power

Became leader of the Nazi Party in 1921.
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In 1923, tried a coup (Beer Hall Putsch) to seize power in Munich; failed, was arrested and imprisoned. During prison he wrote Mein Kampf, which laid out his ideology.
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Exploited economic hardship (Great Depression), propaganda, and nationalist sentiments to grow Nazi support. Eventually, in 1933, was appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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Dictatorship & Policies (1933-1939)

After becoming Chancellor, Hitler quickly consolidated power: used legislation like the Enabling Act to give him almost absolute power, suppressed political opposition, used propaganda and terror.
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Promoted extreme nationalism, militarism, anti-Semitism, anti-communism, racial purity ideology (Aryan supremacy).
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World War II & Crimes Against Humanity

In 1939, invaded Poland which triggered World War II.
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Oversaw the Holocaust: the systematized genocide of ~6 million Jews, and millions of others considered “inferior” or enemies (Roma, disabled, Poles, Soviet POWs, etc.).
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Decline & Death

As the war turned against Germany (stagflation, military defeats, Soviet advances), his leadership became more erratic. Attempts on his life occurred (e.g. July 20, 1944 plot) but failed.
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He withdrew to the Führerbunker in Berlin. On April 28-29, 1945 he married Eva Braun; on April 30, 1945, he committed suicide. Germany surrendered shortly thereafter.
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Legacy & Impact

Hitler is one of the most infamous dictators in modern history. His actions caused immense death, destruction, and shaped geopolitics: war, Holocaust, division during the Cold War.
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His rise shows how democratic institutions can be subverted from within, and how propaganda, charismatic leadership, and economic crisis can create fertile ground for authoritarianism.