Adolf Hitler
Russian artist who impersonated Monroe, Putin dies
Mar 21, 2013 10:51 EDT
Top Russian artist, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe, who painstakingly transformed himself to resemble Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Monroe and Vladimir Putin for avant-garde photo performances, has died at 43, Russian news agencies reported Thursday.
One dead as helicopters collide in Berlin
Mar 21, 2013 10:37 EDT
At least one police officer died Thursday after two helicopters collided at Berlin's iconic Olympic Stadium during a security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said.
One dead as helicopters collide at Berlin stadium
Mar 21, 2013 07:26 EDT
One person died Thursday as two helicopters collided over Berlin's iconic Olympic Stadium during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said.
Medals for UK sailors who kept up Soviet supplies
Mar 19, 2013 11:25 EDT
British veterans who braved enemy fire, freezing waters and brutal weather to keep open supply lines to Russia during World War II were on Tuesday honoured for the first time with a new medal.
Last remaining member of Hitler assassination plot dies
Mar 13, 2013 06:29 EDT
Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, a former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 90, a think tank he co-founded said Wednesday.
Austria marks 75th anniversary of Nazi 'annexation'
Mar 12, 2013 09:03 EDT
Austria solemnly marked Tuesday 75 years since German troops crossed the border unopposed on the early hours of March 12, 1938 and "annexed" Hitler's native country into the Third Reich.
Exhibit retraces annexation of Austria
Mar 10, 2013 08:31 EDT
A vibrant city of poets, artists and thinkers in the early 1900s, it went down in a sea of swastikas after Hitler's triumphant return: Vienna after the Anschluss lost not only many of its people, but a great deal of its talent.
'Silent scream' for jailed Turkish military
Feb 23, 2013 09:13 EST
Angered by the jailing of scores of military figures, protesters in cities across Turkey are demanding justice with quiet but determined weekly rallies they call "silent screams".
Japan PM meets Obama on rising China friction
Feb 22, 2013 12:35 EST
Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe headed to the White House Friday on a mission to send a strong signal to China, which has stepped up pressure on the conservative leader over a tense territorial row.
Japan PM to meet Obama on rising China friction
Feb 22, 2013 10:38 EST
Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe headed to the White House Friday on a mission to send a strong signal to China, which has stepped up pressure on the conservative leader over a tense territorial row.
Survivors liken N.Korean prison camps to Holocaust horrors
Feb 19, 2013 22:58 EST
North Korea's prison camps are a closed-off world of death, torture and forced labour where babies are born slaves, according to two survivors who liken the horrors of the camps to a Holocaust in progress.
US conservative mail paints former Bush guru as Nazi
Feb 19, 2013 16:07 EST
The spat between grassroots American conservatives and mainstream Republicans got nastier Tuesday when a group sent out a fundraising email portraying a leading party figure in Nazi uniform.
Hitler, Frankenstein contest local Indian polls
Feb 19, 2013 08:33 EST
Politicians named after Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein are among 345 candidates competing in elections this week in a northeast Indian state with a history of bizarre naming conventions.
Proud Russia remembers Stalingrad 70 years on
Feb 02, 2013 14:26 EST
The city of Volgograd was renamed Stalingrad for a day on Saturday as Russia marked the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
Russia remembers Stalingrad battle 70 years on
Feb 02, 2013 07:17 EST
The city of Volgograd was renamed Stalingrad for a day Saturday as Russia marked the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
Malala, ex-Eastern bloc activists up for Nobel Peace Prize
Feb 01, 2013 14:15 EST
Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance, and ex-Eastern bloc activists are among those known to be nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired on Friday.
Hitler's rise to power 'constant' warning: Merkel
Jan 30, 2013 11:26 EST
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Adolf Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago should go on reminding Germans that democracy and freedom cannot be taken for granted.
Germany remembers Hitler rise to power
Jan 29, 2013 22:42 EST
Germany on Wednesday remembers Adolf Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago, with exhibitions exploring what Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the country's "everlasting responsibility" for crimes committed by the Nazis.
Comic novel imagining Hitler return is bestseller
Jan 23, 2013 00:02 EST
Eighty years after Adolf Hitler's rise to power, a novel that imagines his return to modern-day Berlin has become a bestseller in Germany, though a comedy about the Fuehrer is not to everyone's taste.
Hollande, Merkel fete 50 years of French-German ties
Jan 21, 2013 12:24 EST
Germany and France will seek to paper over tensions from the euro crisis which has propelled Berlin into Europe's driving seat when their leaders meet Monday to mark 50 years since a landmark treaty forged closer ties.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Adolf Hitler | |
 20 April 1937 (48th Birthday) | |
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| In office 2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Paul von Hindenburg (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Karl Dönitz (as President) |
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| In office 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt von Schleicher |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Goebbels |
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| Born | 20 April 1889 Braunau am Inn, Austria–Hungary |
| Died | 30 April 1945 (aged 56) Berlin, Germany |
| Citizenship | Austrian (1889–1932) German (1932–1945) |
| Nationality | Austrian citizen until 1925[1] German citizen after 1932 |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Braun (married on 29 April 1945) |
| Occupation | politician, soldier, artist, writer |
| Religion | See Adolf Hitler's religious beliefs |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Service/branch |  Reichsheer |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Gefreiter |
| Unit | 16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Iron Cross First and Second Class Wound Badge |
