Hitler
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Adolf. (ˈaːdɔlf). Grandmother's maiden name and father's original surname Schicklgrüber . 1889–1945, German dictator, born in Austria. After becoming president of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi party), he attempted to overthrow the government of Bavaria (1923). While in prison he wrote Mein Kampf, expressing his philosophy of the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of the Jews. He was appointed chancellor of Germany (1933), transforming it from a democratic republic into the totalitarian Third Reich, of which he became Führer in 1934. He established concentration camps to exterminate the Jews, rearmed the Rhineland (1936), annexed Austria (1938) and Czechoslovakia, and invaded Poland (1939), which precipitated World War II. He committed suicide
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a person who displays dictatorial characteristics
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A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru's local elections, exit polls show.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
It was only from the late 1980s that the country where Adolf Hitler was born began to examine its responsibility in the Holocaust.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Speaking on an ARD programme last year he summed it up as "More Bismarck, less Hitler", referring to Otto von Bismarck, the chief architect of German unification in 1871.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The film, described as “Ocean’s Eleven” meets “Inglourious Basterds,” is based on Operation Fortitude, an effort during World War II in which double agents set a trap for Adolf Hitler and his armies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Because if the United States didn’t exist as one united nation, there wouldn’t have been a country big enough to stop Hitler during World War Two.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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