Adolf Hitler: achievements, criticism, and sources

Adolf Hitler

dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)

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Hitler expanded an existing autobahn plan into a highway network

Hitler exempted his family’s Jewish doctor from persecution

Hitler’s government enacted nationwide animal welfare rules

Hitler’s government expanded legal protection for nature reserves

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Nazi regime responsible for millions of civilian deaths

Adolf Hitler triggered the Second World War

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Adolf Hitler established a totalitarian dictatorship

Adolf Hitler ordered destruction of industrial infrastructure

Nazi regime executed millions of undesirable individuals· 1939 to 1945

Adolf Hitler created the paramilitary SS· 1929

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Nazi regime abolished independent trade unions

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