Adolf Hitler, born in Austria in 1889, was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, commonly known as the Nazi Party. He rose to power in Germany during the 1930s, becoming the country’s chancellor in 1933 and later the Führer, or absolute dictator. Hitler’s ideology was based on the belief in the superiority of the Aryan race and anti-Semitism, which he believed was a global conspiracy. He aspired to expand Germany’s territory, and his actions ultimately led to World War II and the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews, Romas, homosexuals, disabled individuals, and other marginalized groups were persecuted and killed in concentration camps under Nazi rule. Hitler’s speeches were filled with propaganda and hate speech, blaming the Jews for Germany’s economic struggles and calling for their extermination. He mobilized a massive propaganda machine, which included films, plays, and speeches, that projected his image and message of power and strength, as well as the supremacy of the Aryan race. Hitler and his followers were responsible for atrocities against humanity and crimes against peace. His rule ended on April 30, 1945, when he committed suicide in his bunker rather than face capture by Allied forces.