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|origin = Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary | |origin = Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary | ||
|occupation = Dictator of Germany (1933 - 1945) | |occupation = Dictator of Germany (1933 - 1945) | ||
|skills = High Intellect<br>Deception<br>Manipulation<br>Intimidation<br>Strategy<br>Charisma<br>Leadership<br>Power over the Nazi Party | |skills = High Intellect<br>Deception<br>Manipulation<br>Intimidation<br>Strategy<br>Charisma<br>Leadership<br>Power over the Nazi Party<br>Marksmanship | ||
|hobby = Painting<br>Playing with his dog<br>Ruling with an iron grip<br>Killing those he dislikes<br>Pranking his officers<br>Spreading propaganda | |hobby = Painting<br>Playing with his dog<br>Ruling with an iron grip<br>Killing those he dislikes<br>Pranking his officers<br>Spreading propaganda | ||
|goals = Become the leader of the [[Nazi Party]] and Germany (succeeded)<br>Rule the entire world (failed)<br>Get rid of any groups he considered inferior, especially Jews (nearly succeeded) | |goals = Become the leader of the [[Nazi Party]] and Germany (succeeded)<br>Rule the entire world (failed)<br>Get rid of any groups he considered inferior, especially Jews (nearly succeeded) | ||
|crimes = [[Arson]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[ | |crimes = [[Arson]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Christophobia]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Francophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>[[Polonophobia]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Russophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Biphobia]]<br>[[Transphobia]]<br>[[Slavophobia]]<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Eugenics]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Ukrainophobia]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Fascism]]<br>[[Antiziganism]] | ||
|type of villain = Genocidal Dictator | |type of villain = Genocidal Dictator | ||
|name=Adolf Hitler}} | |name=Adolf Hitler}} | ||
{{Quote|Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.|Adolf Hitler}} | {{Quote|Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.|Adolf Hitler}} | ||
'''Adolf Hitler''' (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian born German artist, statesman, theoretician, politician, soldier, and writer. He became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and ''Führer'' in 1934, positions both of which he held until his suicide in 1945. He led the National Socialist German Workers Party (more commonly known as the [[Nazi Party]]) and created the Third Reich. | '''Adolf Hitler''' (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian born German artist, statesman, theoretician, politician, soldier, and writer. He became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and ''Führer'' in 1934, positions both of which he held until his suicide in 1945. He led the National Socialist German Workers Party (more commonly known as the [[Nazi Party]]) and created the Third Reich. | ||
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==== Death ==== | ==== Death ==== | ||
By mid-1945, Hitler was utterly defeated, and, finding no way out of the situation, refusing to surrender or be captured, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker on April 30<sup>th</sup>, 1945 by shooting himself in the head. His wife of one day, Eva Braun, committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill. He killed his dog before killing himself. Their remains were later cremated. It is believed the Soviets found his body around 1970 and later cremated him and his wife Eva. | By mid-1945, Hitler was utterly defeated, and, finding no way out of the situation, refusing to surrender or be captured, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker on April 30<sup>th</sup>, 1945 by shooting himself in the head. His wife of one day, Eva Braun, committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill. He killed his dog before killing himself. Their remains were later cremated. It is believed the Soviets found his body around 1970 and later cremated him and his wife Eva. | ||
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== Most evil acts == | == Most evil acts == | ||
* [[The Holocaust]] - Rising to power as Germany's chancellor as of 1933 until 1945 serving as the dictator and leader of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party), he enacted a genocide aimed at European Jews that killed 6,000,000 Jews as well as black people, Romani (targeting them with a separate event known as the [[Porajmos]]), Slavs, disabled, homosexuals, Communists, and Catholics, resulting in deaths of a total 11,000,000 people. It is considered by many to be the worst | * [[The Holocaust]] - Rising to power as Germany's chancellor as of 1933 until 1945 serving as the dictator and leader of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party), he enacted a genocide aimed at undesirables and European Jews that killed 6,000,000 Jews as well as black people, Romani (targeting them with a separate event known as the [[Porajmos]]), Slavs, disabled, homosexuals, Communists, and Catholics, resulting in deaths of a total 11,000,000 people. It is considered by many to be the one of the worst, if not the worst crimes ever committed and was intended to exterminate all undesirables, especially Jews, which resulted in the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in total. This is also the deadliest genocide in history and it was known as the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", or simply the "Final Solution", which stated that Jews were a "problem" that needed to be "solved". | ||
* Waging [[World War II]] - A Global War that began with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland through his [[fascist]] direction and orders, which resulted in the deaths of between 40,000, | * Waging [[World War II]] - A Global War that began with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland through his [[fascist]] direction and orders, which resulted in the deaths of between 40,000,000–85,000,000 people. It is widely considered to be the deadliest conflict in human history, and one of the largest, if not the largest clashes of major ideologies that would evolve throughout the decades. | ||
* The [[Hitler Youth]] - A youth group for boys that Hitler used to indoctrinate German youths into believing that he was their savior, often resulting in the boys becoming child soldiers. | * The [[Hitler Youth]] - A youth group for boys that Hitler used to indoctrinate German youths into believing that he was their savior, often resulting in the boys becoming child soldiers. | ||
* [[Action T4]] - A mass murder program similar to the Holocaust that involved the systematic extermination of elderly people, physically and mentally disabled people, emotionally distraught people, and mentally ill people to "cleanse" Germany of the "unfit". It was based on the principles of eugenics established in America by [[Harry Laughlin]]. | * [[Action T4]] - A mass murder program similar to the Holocaust that involved the systematic extermination of elderly people, physically and mentally disabled people, emotionally distraught people, and mentally ill people to "cleanse" Germany of the "unfit". It was based on the principles of eugenics established in America by [[Harry Laughlin]]. | ||
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=== Images === | === Images === | ||
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="220" heights="220" perrow="4"> | <gallery mode="nolines" widths="220" heights="220" perrow="4"> | ||
File:Hitler color.jpg|A rare | File:Hitler color.jpg|A rare colorized photo of Hitler. | ||
File:Hitler-pa.jpg|Hitler doing the [[Nazi salute]]. | File:Hitler-pa.jpg|Hitler doing the [[Nazi salute]]. | ||
File:HitlerAat.jpg|Portrait of Hitler. | File:HitlerAat.jpg|Portrait of Hitler. | ||
File:HITLER.jpg|Cover of one of Hitler's | File:HITLER.jpg|Cover of one of Hitler's books. | ||
File:Hitler, recoloured.jpg|Colourized version of Hitler in his office. | File:Hitler, recoloured.jpg|Colourized version of Hitler in his office. | ||
File:Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.jpg|Adolf Hitler with [[Benito Mussolini]]. | File:Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.jpg|Adolf Hitler with [[Benito Mussolini]]. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Hitler is widely regarded as one of the most evil and notorious villains (if not the most evil and notorious villain) in the history of humankind. Before Hitler, the person who had received this title was [[Attila the Hun]]. | * Hitler is widely regarded as one of the most evil and notorious villains (if not ''the'' most evil and notorious villain) in the history of humankind. Before Hitler, the person who had received this title was [[Attila the Hun]]. | ||
* Hitler only got drunk once in his life. It was when he was 15–16 years old after getting his (obligatory education) school certificate. He was happy and went out partying with his classmates. He got drunk and by mistake used his school certificate in lieu of toilet paper. It was later found dirty and in 4 pieces. | * Hitler only got drunk once in his life. It was when he was 15–16 years old after getting his (obligatory education) school certificate. He was happy and went out partying with his classmates. He got drunk and by mistake used his school certificate in lieu of toilet paper. It was later found dirty and in 4 pieces. | ||
* Hitler once mentioned that he used to smoke between 25-40 cigarettes a day when he was young, broke and pretty much lived in the streets of Vienna. He said he only ate bread and milk, never had a warm meal, yet spent 30 kreuzers a day on cigarettes. When he realized that for 5 kreuzers he could have bought some butter to put on his bread, he quit smoking. | * Hitler once mentioned that he used to smoke between 25-40 cigarettes a day when he was young, broke and pretty much lived in the streets of Vienna. He said he only ate bread and milk, never had a warm meal, yet spent 30 kreuzers a day on cigarettes. When he realized that for 5 kreuzers he could have bought some butter to put on his bread, he quit smoking. | ||
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* Perhaps the over-riding good deed that Hitler provided to the German people, before 1939, was a psychological growth in national confidence & a sense of community, which had been destroyed by the Versailles Treaty, Germany’s pariah status viz a viz the West, & the devastating inflation of the Twenties, where so much of the German middle classes saw their hard work of past years reduced to billions of marks being pushed to market in a wheelbarrow. | * Perhaps the over-riding good deed that Hitler provided to the German people, before 1939, was a psychological growth in national confidence & a sense of community, which had been destroyed by the Versailles Treaty, Germany’s pariah status viz a viz the West, & the devastating inflation of the Twenties, where so much of the German middle classes saw their hard work of past years reduced to billions of marks being pushed to market in a wheelbarrow. | ||
* He was mentioned as being a painter in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode. Uncle Albert says that he used to be a painter but Raquel asks how long he has been French to which Rodney asks "And who in their right minds would call a hotel 'The Hotel Hitler?'". | * He was mentioned as being a painter in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode. Uncle Albert says that he used to be a painter but Raquel asks how long he has been French to which Rodney asks "And who in their right minds would call a hotel 'The Hotel Hitler?'". | ||
* As one of the most, if not the most evil villains in the history of human mankind, he has influenced numerous fictional villains, such as [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_Palpatine_(Star_Wars) Emperor Palpatine] from ''Star Wars'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Tweedy?so=search Melisha Tweedy] from Aardman's ''Chicken Run'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scar_(Disney)?so=search Scar] from Disney's ''The Lion King'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Judge_Claude_Frollo Judge Claude Frollo] from Disney's ''The Hunchback Of Notre Dame'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Darkseid_(DC)?so=search Darkseid] from DC Comics, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Madame_Margaret?so=search Madame Margaret] from Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/General_Mandible?so=search General Mandible] from Dreamworks' ''Antz'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Farquaad?so=search Lord Farquaad] from Dreamworks' ''Shrek'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Voldemort?so=search Lord Voldemort] from ''Harry Potter'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Zanu?so=search Zanu] from Joe Camp's ''Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince'', Assef from ''The Kite Runner'', | * As one of the most, if not the most evil villains in the history of human mankind, he has influenced numerous fictional villains, such as [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_Palpatine_(Star_Wars) Emperor Palpatine] from ''Star Wars'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Tweedy?so=search Melisha Tweedy] from Aardman's ''Chicken Run'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scar_(Disney)?so=search Scar] from Disney's ''The Lion King'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Judge_Claude_Frollo Judge Claude Frollo] from Disney's ''The Hunchback Of Notre Dame'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Darkseid_(DC)?so=search Darkseid] from DC Comics, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Madame_Margaret?so=search Madame Margaret] from Cartoon Network's ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/General_Mandible?so=search General Mandible] from Dreamworks' ''Antz'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Farquaad?so=search Lord Farquaad] from Dreamworks' ''Shrek'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Voldemort?so=search Lord Voldemort] from ''Harry Potter'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Zanu?so=search Zanu] from Joe Camp's ''Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince'', Assef from ''The Kite Runner'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Boycott Dr. Boycott] from Richard Adams' ''The Plague Dogs'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bowser_(Mario)?so=search Bowser] from the ''Super Mario'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/King_K._Rool?so=search King K. Rool] from the ''Donkey Kong'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ganondorf_(The_Legend_of_Zelda?so=search Ganondorf] from ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/King_Dedede_(Kirby)?so=search King Dedede] (in his early appearances) from the ''Kirby'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Giovanni_(Pok%C3%A9mon)?so=search Giovanni] from the ''Pokémon'' series and [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Ivo_%22Eggman%22_Robotnik?so=search Dr. Eggman] from Sega's ''Sonic the Hegehog'' series. | ||
** Assef even owned a biography of Hitler. | ** Assef even owned a biography of Hitler. | ||
* In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]] | * In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Richard Spencer]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Augusto Pinochet]],and [[Emperor Hirohito]]. | ||
* In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz). | * In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz). | ||
*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the | *Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the US colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide|Native American genocide]], the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] policies directed towards African-Americans in the southern United States, the [[Armenian Genocide|Armenian genocide]], Imperial German colonial policies during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the [[colonialism]] of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined. | ||
**In 1928, Hitler remarked | **In 1928, Hitler approvingly remarked how white settlers in the United States "gunned down the millions of redskins to a few hundred thousand". In his ''Mein Kampf'' autobiography, Hitler admired the United States for excluding certain races from naturalization. | ||
*In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. | *In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. | ||
* The surname ''Hitler'' is probably a spelling variation of the name ''Hiedler'', meaning one who resides by a ''Heidi'' - in Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. | * The surname ''Hitler'' is probably a spelling variation of the name ''Hiedler'', meaning one who resides by a ''Heidi'' - in Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. | ||
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