Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was born in 1889 in Austria and sought to restore Germany after its defeat in World War I. Hitler established the Nazi party in the 1920s and became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, taking total control as Führer by 1934. During his rule, Hitler pursued aggressive territorial expansion, initiated the Holocaust, and led Germany into World War II. In 1945, with Germany facing defeat, Hitler committed suicide along with his wife Eva Braun as the Soviet army advanced on Berlin.