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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Historical Figures from Germany
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Adolf Hitler
1889–1945Industrial AgeEurope
He turned a failed coup and a prison sentence into a path to absolute power, and the world spent a decade wondering if he could be reasoned with.
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Anne Frank
1929–1945Modern HistoryEurope
She spent two years hidden behind a bookcase writing about ordinary life — and what she wrote became one of the most read books in history.
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