Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria-Hungary and showed an early interest in art but was rejected from art school. He moved to Munich in 1913 and served in the German army during World War 1. After the war, he joined the German Workers' Party and renamed it the Nazi Party, taking control in 1921. As Chancellor of Germany from 1933, he grew the party rapidly and abolished democracy, becoming a dictator. He violated the Treaty of Versailles and invaded several countries, plunging Europe into World War 2. In 1945, with the Soviet army advancing on Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker.