What is Adolf Hitler's nationality?

In the decades since Adolf Hitler's death, the Nazi leader's ancestry has been a subject of rampant speculation and intense controversy. read more

Ethnicity: Austrian, some German. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-German politician. He was Leader of the Nazi Party, from 29 June, 1921 to 30 April, 1945, Chancellor of Germany, from 30 January, 1933 to 30 April, 1945, and Führer of Germany, from 2 August, 1934 to 30 April, 1945. read more

Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. read more

The origin of the name is either from the German word Hittler and similar, "one who lives in a hut", "shepherd", or from the Slavic word Hidlar and Hidlarcek. Hitler's paternal grandfather was most likely one of the brothers Johann Georg Hiedler or Johann Nepomuk Hiedler. read more