ALL YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ADOLF HILTER
On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich.
So here are some unknown facts about Hitler:
#He loved Disney
#His favorite actor the Dutch Johannes Heesters only died in 2011
#Hitler was once ordered to trim his moustache
#Hitler was a Vegetarian and created laws against animal cruelty.
#During First World War, a British soldier spared the life of a wounded German: Adolf Hitler.
#Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939.
#Hitler was rejected from art school more than once.
#As a child, Hitler wanted to be a priest.
#Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini and Hitler, all suffered from ‘Ailurophobia’, the fear of cats.
#Hitler never learned to drive. Yet, he spearheaded the development of the Volkswagen car.
#In 1938, Hitler was TIME Magazine’s Man of the Year.
#Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history.
#Hitler had a portrait of Henry Ford behind his desk regarding him as an “inspiration”
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