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Hitler was born
The son of Alois and Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau, Bohemia. -
The beginning of the Nazi party
Hitler attends one of the initial meetings of the German Workers' Party, which under his leadership would later become the Nazi Party. -
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Hitler's principle of leadership
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party lead a coalition group with the aim of overthrowing the Bavarian government, but it fails and he is sentenced to prison for treason and serves a year.When he left, the first year of his government, Hitler established the SS (protection squads) that during the Nazi regime would be in charge of the German police, concentration camp system, security, ethnic identification, political settlement, and population and intelligence. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
The Nazi Party rises to power with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor. -
Dictatorship under hitler
The German parliament building is burned down and the Enabling Act is enacted and this allows Hitler, as chancellor, to initiate and sign projects and make them into laws, without consent. -
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Hitler gained absolute power
Hitler orders the Nazi leaders to eliminate the leadership of the stormtroopers and assassinate other political enemies. This purge strengthens the Nazi regime and the German army giving Hitler absolute power. -
Hitler's speech
In a speech before the German parliament in January 1939, Hitler declares that another world war will result in the elimination of the Jews from Europe. -
Second World War
Nazi Germany invades Poland and triggers World War II. -
Extermination of Jews
Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and other high-ranking German authorities decide to annihilate the Jews of Europe. -
Hitler Died
Hitler commits suicide in an underground bunker in Berlin, rather than face capture by Soviet forces advancing on that city and The International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg decides not to try Adolf Hitler in absentia, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels because all three had committed suicide before the end of the war.