ADOLF HITLER
Background:
Adolph Hitler was dictator of Germany from 1934 to his death in 1945. He was leader of the Nazi party, which eventually regulated every aspect of German society. Hitler promised the creation of a third German Empire (Third Reich) that would rule a thousand years. The use of the Gestapo (secret police), extreme nationalism, racist policies, and the mass killing of "inferior peoples" characterized Germany under Hitler and his Nazis. |