Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, born on April 20, 1889, was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945, whose policies led to World War II and the Holocaust. Rising to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party), Hitler implemented a totalitarian regime marked by aggressive expansionism and genocidal anti-Semitism. His invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered World War II, and his regime was responsible for the systematic extermination of six million Jews and millions of other victims in concentration camps. Hitler's leadership and ideology had a catastrophic impact on global history, reshaping Europe and leaving a legacy of destruction and moral atrocity.