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Joined
Hitler joined the German Workers' Party, forerunner of the Nazi Party, -
Leader
became its leader in 1921 -
poder
Hitler attempted to seize power through a failed coup d'etat for which he was sentenced to five years in prison.3 During his stay in prison he wrote the first part of his book My Struggle (in German, Mein Kampf), in which he exposes his ideology along with autobiographical elements. -
Realesead
Released eight months later, in 1924, Hitler garnered growing popular support through the exaltation of Pangermanism, anti-Semitism, and anti-communism, drawing on his oratorical talent supported by efficient Nazi propaganda and symbolic-laden mass concentrations. -
Imperial
He was appointed imperial chancellor (Reichskanzler) in January 1933 and, a year later, on the death of President Paul von Hindenburg, he proclaimed himself imperial leader and chancellor (Führer und Reichskanzler), thus assuming supreme command of the German state. -
Power
He brought to power the German National Socialist Workers Party or the Nazi Party, establishing a totalitarian regime during the period known as the Third Reich or Nazi Germany. -
War
It started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939 and is a key figure in the perpetration of the Holocaust.2 -
Germany
He promoted the rearmament of Germany and after the Wehrmacht invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, World War II began. -
Final
In the last days of the war, during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, Hitler married his former lover, Eva Braun. On April 30, 1945, the two committed suicide in the Chancery's bunker, to avoid being captured by the Red Army. Subsequently, their bodies were burned.8