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Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
The film, exclusively utilising archival footage, closely examines Hitler's rise to power, and also aims to explain why people living in Germany loved Hitler.Fest argues that Hitler was a clever, scheming and incredibly adaptable politician, who was keen to exploit any weakness he saw in the political system and in the masses who, humiliated by the outcome of WWI, were willing to support a ...
The first important biography was written in exile in Switzerland by Konrad Heiden (1901-1966), Hitler: A Biography (2 vol Zürich, 1936–1937); an English version appeared as Der Führer – Hitler's Rise to Power (1944). Heiden was a journalist for a liberal newspaper who witnessed Hitler's rise to power firsthand, and fled to exile when he ...
Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. The film stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward , and features an introduction presented by Alistair Cooke ; the original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky .
Hitler briefly escaped the city but was arrested on 11 November 1923, [50] and put on trial for high treason, which gained him widespread public attention. [51] Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch. The trial began in February 1924. Hitler endeavored to turn the tables and put democracy and the Weimar Republic on trial as traitors to the German ...
Wallis Simpson’s ties to Adolf Hitler became a focal point on season 2 of “The Crown," and a new biography about King Edward VIII's wife claims she once unsuccessfully flirted with Hitler ...
“Rumors that there were Jews in Hitler’s family have no proven foundation,” writes historian Volker Ullrich, whose magisterial two-volume biography of the genocidal tyrant has been widely ...
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