Adolfus ("Adolf") Hitler was born in Austria on April 20, 1889. Hitler fought for the German army during World War I. Thereafter, he was instrumental in the formation and growth of the National Socialist German Workers' Party in Germany (the NSDAP, or "Nazi" party).



It must be remembered that this is an English translation of "Mein Kampf". Berlin approved only a British translation to English of his book. This is not the version that was approved.

The book was not written by Hitler in English. Accordingly, care must be taken to compare this translation with the original German text where there exists debate over what Hitler meant, in English, by what he stated in German.