
Family tree of Adolf HITLER
German and Austrian politician
Born Adolf HITLER
Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party
Born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria–Hungary , Germany
Died on April 30, 1945 in Berlin, Germany
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In 1876, Alois took the surname of his stepfather, Johann Georg Hiedler. The name was spelled Hiedler, Hüttler, Huettler and Hitler, and was probably regularized to Hitler by a clerk. The origin of the name is either "one who lives in a hut" (Standard German Hütte), "shepherd" (Standard German hüten "to guard", English heed), or is from the Slavic word Hidlar and Hidlarcek. (Regarding the first two theories: some German dialects make little or no distinction between the ü-sound and the i-sound.)
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