Test Your Knowledge on the Rise and Reign of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and dictator from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party and initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland in 1939.
Hitler was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust.
He was born in Austria-Hungary and moved to Germany in 1913.
Hitler joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, in 1919 and was appointed leader of the Nazi Party in 1921.
In 1933, he was appointed chancellor and began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism.
Hitler sought Lebensraum (living space) for the German people in Eastern Europe, which led to his aggressive foreign policy and the primary cause of World War II in Europe.
He was responsible for the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims, whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable.
Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war.
Hitler committed suicide with his longtime lover, Eva Braun, in the Führerbunker in Berlin in 1945.

Hitler was interested in architecture and music while living in Vienna, but lacked academic credentials.
He was exposed to racist rhetoric and anti-Semitism during his time in Vienna.
The origin and development of Hitler's anti-Semitism is a matter of debate.
Hitler volunteered for the Bavarian Army at the outbreak of World War I and served as a dispatch runner on the Western Front.
He was wounded twice during the war and received the Iron Cross, Second Class and First Class.
Hitler's bitterness over Germany's defeat in the war began to shape his ideology.
He joined the German Workers' Party (DAP) in 1919 and quickly rose to power within the party.
Hitler became the chairman of the renamed National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) in 1921.
He gained notoriety for his polemic speeches against the Treaty of Versailles, rival politicians, Marxists, and Jews.
Hitler's strategy of defending himself and his allies against opposition within the Nazi Party proved successful, and he was granted absolute powers as party chairman.

Hitler rose to power in Germany through populist themes and scapegoating, using personal magnetism and crowd psychology to his advantage.
The Nazi Party's 25-point program was a conglomeration of received ideas, but with a strong anti-Semitic stance.
Hitler attempted a coup known as the "Beer Hall Putsch" in 1923, resulting in his arrest and imprisonment.
While in prison, Hitler dictated most of the first volume of Mein Kampf, which laid out his plans for transforming German society into one based on race and called for the extermination of Jews.
Mein Kampf sold 228,000 copies between 1925 and 1932, and one million copies were sold in 1933, Hitler's first year in office.
The Great Depression provided a political opportunity for Hitler and the Nazi Party, who promised to repudiate the Versailles Treaty, strengthen the economy, and provide jobs.
The Nazi Party rose from obscurity to become the second-largest party in parliament in the 1930 election.
Hitler testified that his party would pursue political power solely through democratic elections, which won him many supporters in the officer corps.
Hitler became a citizen of Brunswick, and thus of Germany, in 1932.
Hitler ran against Hindenburg in the 1932 presidential elections and eventually rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

Hitler's rise to power began with his appointment as chancellor in 1933.
He came in second in the 1932 presidential election, establishing himself as a strong force in German politics.
The Reichstag fire in 1933 allowed Hitler to suspend basic rights and arrest members of the Communist Party.
The Enabling Act of 1933 gave Hitler's cabinet the power to enact laws without the consent of the Reichstag.
Hitler's government suppressed opposition parties and trade unions, and formed the German Labour Front.
The Night of the Long Knives saw the purge of SA leaders and political adversaries.
Hitler became head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces after Hindenburg's death in 1934.
The Blomberg-Fritsch affair allowed Hitler to consolidate his hold over the military.
Hitler demanded the Wehrmacht be ready for war by 1938.
Hitler's rise to power transformed the German government into a de facto legal dictatorship.