Hitler ruled as a dictator and purging stirred the people to continue to be a "pure race."
Adolf Hitler was the head of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. During his dictatorship, He began military policies that resulted in World War II and which claimed the lives of at least 11 million people, including the genocide of roughly 6 million Jews. Hitler's death by s*icide near the end of the war culminated his fascist regime.