Adolf Hitler was born in 1889.  He was Germany’s political and government leader and the most powerful dictators of the 20th century.  Hitler was an emotional speaker who was mesmerizing to all who listened. Adolf Hitler started World War II by invading Poland in 1939.  Hitler invaded the USSR because of his need for land and his hatred toward communism, which broke a secret pact to protect one another.  During World War II Hitler tried to exterminate all Jews by putting them in concentration camps.  He was one of the most forceful and rootless people ever.  Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in a Berlin bunker along with his wife Eva Braun, they had gotten married the day before.