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Adolf Hitler (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, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated the European theatre of World War II by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and was raised near Linz. He lived in Vienna later in the first decade of the 1900s before moving to Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was appointed leader of the Nazi Party. In 1923, he attempted to seize governmental power in a failed coup in Munich and was sentenced to five years in prison, serving just over a year of his sentence. While there, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his early release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting pan-Germanism, antisemitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced communism as being part of an international Jewish conspiracy. By November 1932, the Nazi Party held the most seats in the Reichstag but did not have a majority. No political parties were able to form a majority coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly thereafter, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism. Upon Hindenburg's death on 2 August 1934, Hitler succeeded him, becoming simultaneously the head of state and government with absolute power. Domestically, Hitler implemented numerous racist policies and sought to deport or kill German Jews. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which initially gave him significant popular support. One of Hitler's key goals was Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive, expansionist foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. In December 1941, he declared war on the United States. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his long-term partner, Eva Braun, in the Führerbunker in Berlin. On the following day, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. In accordance with Hitler's wishes, their corpses were burned. The historian and biographer Ian Kershaw describes Hitler as "the embodiment of modern political evil". Under Hitler's leadership and racist ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of an estimated six million Jews and millions of other victims, whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties constitute the deadliest conflict in history. Ancestry Hitler's father, Alois Hitler (1837–1903), was the illegitimate child of Maria Schicklgruber. The baptismal register did not show the name of his father, and Alois initially bore his mother's surname, "Schicklgruber". In 1842, Johann Georg Hiedler married Alois's mother. Alois was brought up in the family of Hiedler's brother, Johann Nepomuk Hiedler. In 1876, Alois was made legitimate and his baptismal record annotated by a priest to register Johann Georg Hiedler as Alois's father (recorded as "Georg Hitler"). Alois then assumed the surname "Hitler", also spelled "Hiedler", "Hüttler", or "Huettler". The name is probably based on the German word Hütte (lit. 'hut'), and probably has the meaning "one who lives in a hut". Nazi official Hans Frank suggested that Alois's mother had been employed as a housekeeper by a Jewish family in Graz, and that the family's 19-year-old son Leopold Frankenberger had fathered Alois. No Frankenberger was registered in Graz during that period, no record has been produced of Leopold Frankenberger's existence, and Jewish residency in Styria had been illegal for nearly 400 years and would not become legal again until decades after Alois's birth, so historians dismiss the claim that Alois's father was Jewish. Early years Childhood and education Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (present-day Austria), close to the border with the German Empire. He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl. Three of Hitler's siblings—Gustav, Ida, and Otto—died in infancy. Also living in the household were Alois's children from his second marriage: Alois Jr. (born 1882) and Angela (born 1883). When Hitler was three, the family moved to Passau, Germany. There he acquired the distinctive lower Bavarian dialect, rather than Austrian German, which marked his speech throughout his life. The family returned to Austria and settled in Leonding in 1894, and in June 1895 Alois retired to Hafeld, near Lambach, where he farmed and kept bees. Hitler attended Volksschule (a state-funded primary school) in nearby Fischlham. The move to Hafeld coincided with the onset of intense father-son conflicts caused by Hitler's refusal to conform to the strict discipline of his school. His father beat him, although his mother tried to protect him. Alois Hitler's farming efforts at Hafeld ended in failure, and in 1897 the family moved to Lambach. The eight-year-old Hitler took singing lessons, sang in the church choir, and even considered becoming a priest. In 1898, the family returned permanently to Leonding. Hitler w.... Discover the Adolf Hitler popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adolf Hitler books.
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Stolen Beauty
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Hans Heinrich60 High resolution rare pictures of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 ñ 30 April 1945) was an Austrianborn German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), Ch...
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The German Midwife
Mandy RobothamThe USA Today Best Seller.An enthralling new tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances that readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Secret...
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The Butterfly and the Violin
Kristy CambronBased on the real orchestra composed of prisoners at Auschwitz, The Butterfly and the Violin shows how beauty and hope can penetrate even the darkest corners.Present day: Manhattan...
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Where the Birds Never Sing
Jack SaccoThe inspiring story of Joe Sacco and his part in the greatest battles of World War II, from Omaha Beach to the liberation of the concentration camp at Dachau, Germany.In his riveti...
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Hitler
Rupert MatthewsA comprehensive examination of Hitler’s military strategies.As Führer of the Third Reich, Hitler was responsible for deciding the German war aims in 1939. As head of the Armed Forc...
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After Hitler
Michael JonesTen days that changed the course of history.On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. But victory over the Nazi regime was not celebrated in western ...
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Blitzed
Norman OhlerA New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich” (Washington Post). The Nazi regime preached an...
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Stones from the River
Ursula HegiFrom the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times“epic, daring, magnificent, the...
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The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War IIIt is the twentieth cen...
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Lady Lazarus
Michele LangWith the romance of Twilight, the suspense of The Dresden Files, and the delicious thrills of True Blood, the enthralling saga of Magdalena Lazarus unfolds. Descended from the lege...
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith KerrPartly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start ...
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The Family Secret
Terry Lynn ThomasGet ready for another gripping read from USA Today bestselling author of THE SILENT WOMAN!Will she find the truth?England, 1940When a cryptographer is murdered, Thomas Charles is s...
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The Liberation Trilogy Box Set
Rick AtkinsonThe definitive chronicle of the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II, Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy is now together in one ebook bundleFrom the War in North Africa to ...
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The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
Robert PayneIn The Life And Death of Adolf Hitler, biographer Robert Payne unravels the tangled threads of Hitler’s public and private life and looks behind the caricature with the Charlie Cha...
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Nigel BlundellA rare, revealing, and chilling photographic history of Adolf Hitlerfrom mollycoddled child to vile propagandist to despotic madman. One of the most intriguing mysteries abo...
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Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright“A riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II [and] a wellwrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, ...
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Churchill and Orwell
Thomas E. RicksA New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of au...
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The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
William L. ShirerA concise and timely account of Hitler’sand fascism’srise to power and ultimate defeat, from one of America’s most famous journalists. American journalist and author William...
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James BuckleyGet a behindthescenes glimpse of what it takes to be considered one of the worst figures in history, with this brandnew nonfiction series that focuses on the most nefarious histori...
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John TolandPulitzer Prizewinning historian John Toland’s classic, definitive biography of Adolf Hitler remains the most thorough, readable, accessible, and, as much as possible, objective acc...
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Jean Sénat FleuryAll witnesses agreed that the remains of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were taken to the garden of the Chancellery, sprinkled with essences, and were incinerated. To question Hitler’s...
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I Escaped from Auschwitz
Rudolf Vrba, Robin Vrba & Nikola ZimringThe Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavilyguarded and...
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Volker UllrichDie neue große HitlerBiographie für unsere Zeit Wäre der größte Zivilisationsbruch in der Geschichte – der Vernichtungskrieg in Osteuropa und der Mord an den europäischen Juden – o...
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Adolf Hitler
Patrick DelaforceAdolf Hitler was born in Austria in April 1889, and shot himself in a bunker in Berlin in April 1945 with Russian soldiers beating at the door, surrounded by the ruins of the count...
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The Death of Democracy
Benjamin Carter HettA riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen.Why did democ...
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Mrs Adolf Hitler
Blaine TaylorThe year 2012 marks the centenary of Eva Braun's birth. This is the strangebuttrue saga of her life, richly illustrated from her own personal photograph albums, as well as from oth...
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold ...
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A Concise Biography of Adolf Hitler
Thomas Fuchs"Four Stars." West Coast Review of Books"Fascinating reading." Booklist"An engrossing book...excellent." Oahu Sun Press
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Hitler
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The Silent Woman
Terry Lynn ThomasUSA Today bestseller!Would you sell your secrets?Catherine Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat of World War Two is looming. She sees no way out… that is until...
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Carrion Comfort
Dan SimmonsEmbraced by giants such as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, Dan Simmons's Carrion Comfort was originally published by Warner Books in 1989, and remains a classic of dark fantasy an...
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Inferno
Max HastingsFrom one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involv...
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December 1941
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