Hitler
Dictator of Nazi Germany who launched World War II and carried out the Holocaust.
Timeline (last 90 days)
The table of 22 leaders listed in Diamond's book includes Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Anwar Sadat and others; among them, Sadat was assassinated, Hitler committed suicide, and Churchill was voted out of office.
Diamond considers Hitler unique: he was the most demagogic orator of the 20th century, and only Hitler thought of carrying out the massacre of Jews on an industrial scale; without Hitler there might not have been a Holocaust.
In 1930 the car Hitler was riding in collided with a truck at an intersection, and Hitler was only slightly injured; in 1944 Count Stauffenberg placed a briefcase containing a bomb at Hitler's feet, and because Hitler bent forward he suffered only eardrum damage.
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The table of 22 leaders listed in Diamond's book includes Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Anwar Sadat and others; among them, Sadat was assassinated, Hitler committed suicide, and Churchill was voted out of office.
50%UnverifiedDiamond considers Hitler unique: he was the most demagogic orator of the 20th century, and only Hitler thought of carrying out the massacre of Jews on an industrial scale; without Hitler there might not have been a Holocaust.
50%UnverifiedIn 1930 the car Hitler was riding in collided with a truck at an intersection, and Hitler was only slightly injured; in 1944 Count Stauffenberg placed a briefcase containing a bomb at Hitler's feet, and because Hitler bent forward he suffered only eardrum damage.
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