Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 and died on April 30th 1945. He was born in Braunau am Inn, Autria, and died in Berlin, Germany. Hitlers nickname was Der Führer ("The Leader"). Hitler started his rise to power in 1938 and ruled Germany and other areas till may 7th 1945 when Germany surrendered. Germany surrendered on may 7th a few days after hitler was killed, hitler was killed on April 30th. During the time hitler ruled 40 million people died including 27 million from the soviet union.