Adolf
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Galsworthy died on Jan. 31, 1933, one day after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed emotions in his Austrian hometown.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
On the wall in my den are my father’s medals: a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star from when the United States sent my father, Marcelo Villanueva, and others like him, to fight Adolf Hitler.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
In her much-misunderstood essay on Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt emphasized not his evil but his “sheer thoughtlessness.”
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
“I think of this wisdom often. Of course you’re familiar with these words. You’ve read Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf?” he asked.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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