Adolf Hitler(1889 — 1945)

Hitler's autobiography and political manifesto outlining his antisemitic, racist, and expansionist ideas. The book became the ideological foundation of the Nazi regime and was widely distributed throughout Germany.

A failed coup attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government and seize power in Germany. The event allowed Hitler to gain political notoriety despite his subsequent imprisonment.

Hitler became Reich Chancellor in 1933 and rapidly established a totalitarian dictatorship by suppressing civil liberties, dissolving political parties, and creating a political police force (the Gestapo). He concentrated all power in his own hands.

A set of racial laws discriminating against Jews and other minorities, stripping them of civil and political rights. These laws formed the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany.

The military and political incorporation of Austria into the German Reich, in violation of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. This action marked the beginning of Hitler's aggressive expansionism in Europe.

The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, which triggered World War II. This conquest initiated a series of military campaigns aimed at establishing German hegemony over Europe.

The systematic genocide of European Jews orchestrated by the Nazi regime, resulting in the deaths of approximately six million people in concentration and extermination camps. This atrocity represents the pinnacle of crimes against humanity.

The invasion of the Soviet Union launched on June 22, 1941, considered the largest military campaign of World War II. This massive confrontation changed the course of the war and marked the beginning of the Nazi regime's decline.

The National Socialist state must endeavor to eliminate the disproportion between our numerical importance and our territorial importance, that is to say, between our population and our territorial expanse.

Since five forty-five in the morning we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met with bombs.

I have nothing else to wish for than to continue the struggle until my last breath.

The Führer is responsible for the leadership of the German people. All members of the people owe him absolute obedience.

Under proper guidance, the Jews should be transported to the East for the purpose of forced labor.

Austrian city where Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. It is his hometown where he spent his childhood and adolescence before moving to Vienna.

Austrian capital where Hitler lived from 1908 to 1913, attempting unsuccessfully to become an artist. This period shaped the formation of his political and antisemitic ideas.

Bavarian city where Hitler settled in 1913 and where he participated in World War I. It is also the birthplace of the Nazi movement and the site of the failed putsch of 1923.

Capital of the German Reich where Hitler established the seat of the Nazi government after taking power in 1933. The political and administrative center of the totalitarian regime until 1945.

Hitler's private mountain residence in Bavaria, built in 1936. A place where he made major strategic decisions during World War II.

Fortified underground shelter in Berlin where Hitler took refuge during the advance of Allied troops in 1945. The place where he signed his last will and testament before committing suicide on April 30, 1945.