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Facts about Adolf Hitler

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Adolf Hitler
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Adolf Hitler, trivia and information, including some useful details of life events will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Adolf Hitler are as follows:

Fact 1 - Adolf Hitler was the most notorious leader of the German people
Fact 2 - Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889

Fact 3 - Adolf Hitler was the illegitimate child of Maria Anna Schicklgruber and Alois Hitler
Fact 4 - He was born in Austria but his family moved to Germany when he was 3 years old
Fact 5 - He was gassed and wounded during WW1
Fact 6 - He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, which was abbreviated to the Nazi Party from the pronunciation of Nationalsozialist
Fact 7 - Adolf Hitler was imprisoned failing an attempt to seize power from the ruling German Weimar Republic. He started to write Mein Kampf (My Struggle) detailing his beliefs during his imprisonment
Fact 8 - In 1934 Adolf Hitler eventually became the Fuhrer and Chancellor, or Reichskanzler
Fact 9 - The dire economic situation in Germany, following WW1, led to his focus in regaining and extending German lands by force
Fact 10 - He used gypsies and Jews as scapegoats for the financial crisis
Fact 11 - The invasion of Poland led to Britain and France declaring war on Germany - the start of WW2
Fact 12 - The Major Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini
Fact 13 - He ordered the holocaust involving the systematic murder of Jews
Fact 14 - 1,500,000 Jews were murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp
Fact 15 - Hitler loved movies and the circus
Fact 16 - Adolf Hitler was a great orator and had the ability to rouse crowds of people - see Adolf Hitler Speech - Declaration of war against the US
Fact 17 - Mein Kampf had sold over 5 million copies by the start of World War II
Fact 18 - Various attempts were made on his life during WW2
Fact 19 - Adolf Hitler contributed to the design of the car that later became the Volkswagen Beetle
Fact 20 - He married Eva Braun his mistress on April 29 1945
Fact 21 - They committed suicide 40 hours later on 30 April 1945