Adolf Hitler

    Without a doubt, Adolf Hitler is one of the most evil people to ever draw a breath...but hes also one of the most fascinating people in all of human history. In fact, hes such a compelling character that weve already published a list featuring 10 intrigui...

    The Nazis didnt just seize powerthey were voted in. Its hard to imagine, but there was a time when Adolf Hitler was a name on a ballot in a democratic election. He was openly fascist and anti-Semitic, but the people chose to make him their leader. They su...

    It is one of our favorite fantasies: what if someone had killed Adolf Hitler? How different would the world be if somebody had just taken out the future Fhrer before he could plunge the world into war and horror?But its not as if nobody ever tried. More t...

    Several famous photographs of Adolf Hitler are forgeries. While Hitler did fake some of his photos for propaganda purposes, authors, social media users, and the media have also made their own fakes for different reasons. Some were even faked while Hitler ...

    (Image credit: Getty Images)Jump to:The early yearsGaining powerA wider popularityAdditional resourcesBibliographyAdolf Hitler was the unremarkable artist who rose to become the dictator of Germany and the instigator of the Holocaust. Given the devas...

    The remains of Hitler's bunker via Getty ImagesIn late April 1945, chaos reigned in Berlin. Years of war had turned former superpower Germany into a battleground, and its cities from strongholds into places under siege. The Red Army had completely c...

    The remains of Hitler's bunker via Getty ImagesIn late April 1945, chaos reigned in Berlin. Years of war had turned former superpower Germany into a battleground, and its cities from strongholds into places under siege. The Red Army had completely c...

    The Vatican, Wikimedia CommonsIn 1939, the pope ordered the death of Adolf Hitler.Church of Spies by Mark Riebling tells the gripping history of the Vatican’s covert operations during World War II. A military plot had formed in Germany to depose t...

    The Vatican, Wikimedia CommonsIn 1939, the pope ordered the death of Adolf Hitler.Church of Spies by Mark Riebling tells the gripping history of the Vatican’s covert operations during World War II. A military plot had formed in Germany to depose t...

    iStockIt was the summer of 1940, just weeks after a narrow escape by the British armies at Dunkirk, and the United Kingdom was braced for the onslaught of a threatened German invasion.On the nation’s South Coast, one of many areas in danger of invas...

    American writer, journalist, and feminist Dorothy Thompson in London in 1941J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesAs a crusading journalist, Dorothy Thompson made plenty of enemies—but her most formidable foe was Adolf Hitler. Thompson spen...

    Orson Welles seemingly met most of the 20th century's most famous figures, from Marilyn Monroe to Adolf Hitler. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe legendarily irascible film director Orson Welles was born 105 years ago today, May 6. While Welles will for...

    American writer, journalist, and feminist Dorothy Thompson in London in 1941J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesAs a crusading journalist, Dorothy Thompson made plenty of enemies—but her most formidable foe was Adolf Hitler. Thompson spen...

    Orson Welles seemingly met most of the 20th century's most famous figures, from Marilyn Monroe to Adolf Hitler. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe legendarily irascible film director Orson Welles was born 105 years ago today, May 6. While Welles will for...