Hitler

Definition

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party who rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and later Führer in 1934, ruling Germany during World War II until his suicide in 1945.

Related terms

Nazi Party: A far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945 and practiced the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920.

Third Reich: The Third Reich is a term for Nazi Germany, which lasted from January 1933 when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany until May 1945 when Berlin fell during World War II.

Holocaust: The genocide during World War II where approximately six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime under Hitler's command.