Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany, he was the instigator of World War II and attempted to exterminate European Jews, also known as the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, in Austria, on April 20, 1889, he was the third son of Alois and Klara Hitler. The family moved around a lot, including to Linz, Leonding and other places. Hitler did good in school at the beginning, but his marks got worse as …showed first 75 words of 670 total…

…showed last 75 words of 670 total…By the end of the war, approximately 6 million Jews had been shot, gassed, or worked to death. The fortunes of war turned against Germany at the end of 1942 and it was all downhill from then until the end of the war in 1945. Nonetheless, the killing of the Jews continued right up to the final days. With Soviet forces approaching the underground bunker in Berlin where he had been holed up since early 1945, Hitler committed suicide.