Who Was He?

Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th April 1888, in the small Austrian town of Braunau near the German border. Later in his life he became a German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (better known as the Nazi Party). He was the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945, serving as chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and as head of state from 1934 to 1945 leaving him with a lot of power and control over Germany and its people.