Hitler

[hit-ler]

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noun

Adolf Adolf Schicklgruberder Führer, 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.

Hitler

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noun

Adolf. (ˈaːdɔlf). Grandmother's maiden name and father's original surname ��󾱳��ü�� . 1889–1945, German dictator, born in Austria. After becoming president of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi party), he attempted to overthrow the government of Bavaria (1923). While in prison he wrote Mein Kampf, expressing his philosophy of the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of the Jews. He was appointed chancellor of Germany (1933), transforming it from a democratic republic into the totalitarian Third Reich, of which he became Führer in 1934. He established concentration camps to exterminate the Jews, rearmed the Rhineland (1936), annexed Austria (1938) and Czechoslovakia, and invaded Poland (1939), which precipitated World War II. He committed suicide
a person who displays dictatorial characteristics

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anti-Hitler adjective
pro-Hitler adjective

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There's no free speech, there's no dissent - it's Hitler's playbook all over again.

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During the 2024 campaign, the Democrats repeatedly accused Donald Trump of being the next Hitler and the greatest threat to the country in modern times if not all of its history.

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“True art is and remains eternal,” Hitler once said.

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The alleged attacker had espoused white supremacist views and used Hitler as a profile picture for a gaming account.

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For example, this meant that everything Hitler wanted was legitimate and beyond the rule of law.

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hit it off Hitlerism

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