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‘After Further Reflection,’ Ye Declares: ‘I’m Not a Nazi’ • Feb. 20, 2025, 1:04 AM ET (Billboard)

Democrat: Vance used ‘same language’ as Hitler did to ‘justify’ Holocaust • Feb. 18, 2025, 8:32 AM ET (The Hill)

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Born	April 20, 1889 • Braunau • Austria
Died	April 30, 1945 (aged 56) • Berlin • Germany
Title / Office	Führer (1934-1945), Germany • chancellor (1933-1945), Germany
Founder	Hitler Youth • SA • SS
Political Affiliation	Nazi Party
Awards And Honors	Iron Cross (1918) • Iron Cross (1914)
Notable Works	“Mein Kampf”
Notable Family Members	spouse Eva Braun
Role In	Anglo-German Naval Agreement • Anschluss • Anti-Comintern Pact • Beer Hall Putsch • Drang nach Osten • final solution • First Battle of Ypres • German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact • Holocaust • July Plot • Kristallnacht • Munich Agreement • Nazism • Night of the Long Knives • Nürnberg Rally • Operation Barbarossa • Pact of Steel • T4 Program • World War I • World War II • the Blitz • Enabling Act

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The KGB claims that they destroyed Hitler's remains and scattered his ashes so that his grave would not become a shrine for his supporters.
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The execution and humiliation of Mussolini and his mistress after fascist Italy fell are said to have contributed to Hitler's decision to commit suicide along with his wife.

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