Who is Adolf Hitler?

Born on the April 20, 1889 in the town of Brannau in Austria, Adolf Hitler was the former ruler of Germany for a period of 12 years. His name is forever written in history books as one of the most despicable leaders the world ever has. His reign over Germany resulted to deaths of million people during the Word War II (WWII). In fact, most historians believed that the name Adolf Hitler is synonymous with the word "evil."

Hitler was the son and fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler. He spent his younger years in Austria. He has the passion for drawing however he was turned down when he applied at the Academy of Arts. Then, Hitler moved to Muncih where joined the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment during the World War I (WWI). During the war, Hitler experienced being wounded and gassed and received a medal for his bravery.

When the WWI was about to end, Hitler joined the German Workers Party in 1919. He later changed the name of the party to National Socialist German Workers Party, and later was abbreviated to Nazi Party. Two years after, he became the leader of the Nazi Party.

In 1934, Hitler became Reichskanzler (Fuhrer and Chancellor). He established his dictatorship government with the aid of his brutal secret police Gestapo. Hitler set up concentration camps were Jews, Gypsies, and political opponents were killed in an organized manner. He then tried to expand his territory by invading Sudetenland, Austria, and Poland. At first, Hitler had remarkable success however, when the Allied forces entered the war, Hitler's success came to an end. On December 30, 1945, he committed suicide together with his long term mistress Eva Braun, who became Hitler's wife a night before they died.