Nazi chancellor and ideologue
Adolf Hitler
Life
1889–1945
He placed Jews at the center of a racial politics of conquest and, in 1939, prophesied their annihilation in Europe.
What the sources say
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4 statements
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State attack on German Jews opened when Hitler became chancellor on 30 January 1933.
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In his war for global conquest, Hitler treated Jews as Germany's chief foe.
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Hitler answered that annihilating Jews would be his first task, starting with gallows in Munich.
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On 30 January 1939 Hitler prophesied in the Reichstag that if Jewish financiers plunged nations into another world war, the result would be annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.