Hitler

	Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria.  In 1912 he went to live in Germany. He fought in World War I. Germany lost the war.  Hitler became the leader of a new group in Germany.  The group was called the National Socialists or Nazis.
Nazis wanted everyone to be pure German.  Nazis hated Jews and other people who were not 'pure' German.  They killed millions of people.  Others went sent to special prisons called concentration camps. Germany invaded many countries.  Hitler ruled Austria and Czechoslovakia.  In 1939 Germany invaded Poland.  Britain and France fought Germany.  In 1941 Hitler invaded Russia.  Germany lost the war.  It finished in 1945. Hitler died in 1945.  People think he killed himself.
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