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On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler's dreams of a "1,000-year" Reich.

Since at least 1943, it was becoming increasingly clear that Germany would fold under the pressure of the Allied forces. In February of that year, the German 6th Army, lured deep into the Soviet Union, was annihilated at the Battle of Stalingrad, and German hopes for a sustained offensive on both fronts evaporated. Then, in June 1944, the Western Allied armies landed at Normandy, France, and began systematically to push the Germans back toward Berlin. By July 1944, several German military commanders acknowledged their imminent defeat and plotted to remove Hitler from power so as to negotiate a more favorable peace. Their attempts to assassinate Hitler failed, however, and in his reprisals, Hitler executed over 4,000 fellow countrymen.

In January 1945, facing a siege of Berlin by the Soviets, Hitler withdrew to his bunker to live out his final days. Located 55 feet under the chancellery, the shelter contained 18 rooms and was fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply. Though he was growing increasingly mad, Hitler continued to give orders and meet with such close subordinates as Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler and Josef Goebbels. He also married his long-time mistress Eva Braun just two days before his suicide.

In his last will and testament, Hitler appointed Admiral Karl Donitz as head of state and Goebbels as chancellor. He then retired to his private quarters with Braun, where he and Braun poisoned themselves and their dogs, before Hitler then also shot himself with his service pistol.

Hitler and Braun's bodies were hastily cremated in the chancellery garden, as Soviet forces closed in on the building. When the Soviets reached the chancellery, they removed Hitler's ashes, continually changing their location so as to prevent Hitler devotees from creating a memorial at his final resting place. Only eight days later, on May 8, 1945, the German forces issued an unconditional surrender, leaving Germany to be carved up by the four Allied powers.

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Adolf Hitler commits suicide - Apr 30, 1945 - HISTORY.com

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On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler's dreams of a "1,000-year" Reich.

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1.) In what year did Hitler come to power?
2.)Was he an only child?
3.)How was he murdered?
4.)True or False? Everyone was on board with him right from the start.
5.) What type of government did Hitler run?

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Although Germany on her part has strictly adhered to the rules of international law in her relations with the United States of America during every period of the present war, the government of the United States of America from initial violations of neutrality has finally proceeded to open acts of war against Germany. It has thereby virtually created a state of war.
The government of the Reich consequently breaks off diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that under these circumstances brought about by President Roosevelt, Germany too, as from today, considers herself as being in a state of war with the United States of America.

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-He organized police power needed to enforce his long-term policies of "racial" purification
-Due to the Reichstag Fire Decree he suspended the provisions of the German constitution that protected  basic individual rights like freedom of speech and freedom of press.
- During the first few months of power, SA and Gestapo agents went door to door looking for Hitler enemies. Socialists, communists, trade union leader and any others who spoke out against him were arrested and some even murdered.

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Was first a corporal in WW1. After WW1 he began to engage in political activity. In 1923 he partnered with other right wing politicians to overthrow the republic and was sentenced to prison where he wrote Mein Kampf. In January of 1933 he becomes chancellor where he then begins the process of forging his dictatorship.

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-Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
-Create a Better Germany
- Lebensraum to conquer land for Germany in Eastern Europe

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Hitler's Policies - Racial Policies on Jews 

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Hitler's Policies - Racial Policies on Jews 

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Discrimination of Jews immediately went into full affect right after the turnover of power in 1933. They began to blame such things as poverty, unemployment, and the loss of world war 1 on Jews. It became an active policy to persecute Jews.

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Under the rule of Hitler, the government turned into a dictatorship. A dictatorship means only one person and one party is in charge. Personal was no longer a thing in Nazi Germany by 1933. In less than three months into his dictatorship, Hitler had acquired more power then any other prior leader.

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Born in Austria in April 20th,1889. He was the fourth of six children. He often went head to head with his father due to his father disapproving of his interest in art. After one of his brother's deaths he became introverted and detached and soon began to show interest in German nationalism.