Portrait of Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler

Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 1945

Regime responsible for the Holocaust

Led the Nazi Party and ruled Germany as a dictator from 1933. His regime began World War II in Europe and carried out the Holocaust, the murder of six million Jews, and killed millions of others. He died by suicide in 1945. Studying how his regime rose to power is a central lesson of 20th-century history.

Adolf Hitler sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Adolf Hitler sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194393%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)89%Saddam Hussein President of Iraq, 1979 to 200382%Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)81%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198977%Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus, 1994 to present76%

Leaders furthest from Adolf Hitler

José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 20150%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement0%Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 19860%

Political views closest to Adolf Hitler

FascismAn ultranationalist one-party dictatorship built on a leader cult, militarism and the…95%FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.77%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.76%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Heinrich Hoffmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.