Who was Adolf Hitler?
Q: Who was Adolf Hitler?
A: Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Q: How did Hitler become the leader of Germany?
A: He led the Nazi Party to become the most powerful political party in Germany after the 1932 elections, and then became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. The Nazis banned all other political parties and turned Germany into a dictatorship, meaning that the government was ruled by one person.
Q: What did Hitler call himself?
A: After 1934, he called himself Führer (meaning "leader").
Q: What event started World War II?
A: Hitler ordered the takeover of Poland in 1939, which started World War II in Europe.
Q: How many people died because of Nazi forces during World War II?
A: At least 50 million people died due to Nazi forces during World War II; this includes 28.7 million soldiers and people who died in fighting, as well as 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war.
Q: What groups were persecuted by Nazi forces during WWII?
A: During WWII, Nazi forces persecuted and killed Jews and other ethnic, religious, and political minorities. In what is called the Holocaust, they killed six million Jews, Roma people, homosexuals, Slavs, and many other groups of people.
Q: How did Hitler die ? A: On 30 April 1945 , as Soviet Army got to Berlin ,Hitler shot himself because he did not want to be captured alive by Soviet Union .
