HITLER
Background:
Born in Austria in 1889, Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as dictator from 1934 to 1945. His policies precipitated World War II and the Holocaust. Hitler committed suicide with wife Eva Braun on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker.
Goals in WWII:
From the very beginning of his career until his dying day, Adolf Hitler had just two major goals. His primary goal was the forcible acquisition of living space for the German people. Secondly, he desired some kind of final reckoning with the Jews.
Legacy:
Hitler was one of the most cruel man to ever walk the face of the earth. His belief of the superiority of the “Aryan” race made him hated by all others. He Believed that the slavs to the east should be made work for the German people. He thought of blacks as being “Sub-human” and most of all he hated the Jews. So much so, that in early 1945, when equipment and manpower was badly needed on the front Hitler insisted on man and equipment staying and continuing to transport Jews to the camps. In his testament he left his money to his family and message to the Germany people “Above all I charge the leaders of the nation and those under them to be scrupulous observance of the laws of race and to merciless opposition to the universal prisoner of all peoples, international Jewry.” The only people which would be spared were the Scandinavians to the north, since they were closely related to the German race. With Hitler’s death the Nazi party quickly faded.