German dictator Adolf Hitler delivering a speech in the Reichstag, Germany, 1939

Inside the Reichstag, crowds of thousands of people are seen giving a Nazi salute towards Nazi Party members. Followed by the audience applauding while German dictator Adolf Hitler is seen delivering the so-called "Prophecy Speech" in which he threatened "the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe" in the event of war. A giant swastika is seen behind him. Germany, 1939. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.