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Adolf Hitler was born
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the fourth of six children to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. -
Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
Hindenburg agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after two parliamentary elections -
Holocaust begins, nazis instigate their first act against German Jews
Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, -
Nazi party was declared the only legal party in Germany
By the end of June, the other parties had been dissolved, and with the help of the SA, Hitler pressured his nominal coalition partner, Hugenberg, into resigning. On 14 July 1933 Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal political party in Germany -
Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany -
Hitler formally named Fuhrer
On 2 August 1934 President von Hindenburg died. The previous day, the cabinet had enacted a law to take effect upon Hindenburg's death which abolished the office of president and combined its powers with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government, and was formally named as Führer -
Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday in a bunker below the reich chancellery
Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday in a bunker below the reich chancellery -
Hitler is dead
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.[1][2][3] His wife Eva (née Braun), committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide