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10 Facts about Adolf Hitler 1. Hitler spied on the Nazi Party before joining them. Then he realized that he shared the same anti-Semitic, nationalist and anti-Marxist views as the leader Anton Drexler and joined the Party, becoming their 55th member. 2. During his teens, Hitler dreamed of being an artist and was twice rejected from Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts (in both 1907 and 1908) due to “his unfitness for painting”. 3. Adolf Shicklgruber was his real name. 4. The vast m ajority of the 11million people killed during the Holocaust were murdered at the 1,200 Death and Concentration Camps established by the Nazis – yet Hitler never set foot in one of them. 5. Hitler was TIME Magazine’s Man Of The Year for 1938 6. Hitler wanted to become a priest when he was young. 7. He helped to implement laws which protected wild animals, chickens and cattle – and he intended to reduce Germany’s meat consumption after World War II. 8. Despite his attempt “to rid...

10 facts about World War II 1. World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more far-reaching changes than any other war in history. 2. The country with the largest number of WWII causalities was Russia, with over 21 million. 3. For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front. 4. It is estimated that 1.5 million children died during the Holocaust. Approximately 1.2 million of them were Jewish and tens of thousands were Gypsies. 5. Eighty percent of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive WWII. 6. Between 1939 and 1945, the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, which averaged to 27,700 tons per month. 7. Russia and the Red Army were accused of several war crimes, including systematic mass rape (over 2 million German women aged 13-70 were allegedly raped by the Red Army) and genocide. 8. Many historians believe ...