---
title: "10 things you didn’t know about Hitler"
date: "2018-03-31"
modified: "2020-10-21"
authors:
  - name: "Orvelin Valle"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/orvelinvalle.md"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/intel/adolf-hitler-facts/"
categories:
  - "History"
  - "War History"
  - "World War II"
---

# 10 things you didn’t know about Hitler

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Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. Yes, seriously.

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There was nothing peaceful about this brutal tyrant. Under his leadership, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other people who were deemed "sub-human." Ironically, his first love was a Jewish girl. As if this weren't weird enough, here are eight other jaw-dropping facts you didn't know about Hitler:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KGe-NDkREQ

### NOW: [The Nazis had insane 'superweapon' ideas that were way ahead of their time](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/nazi-super-weapons.md>)

### OR: [Amazing insight into what US intelligence knew about Hitler in 1943](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/hitler-intelligence-analysis.md>)

## Author
OV is a Navy veteran and an expert in social media and entertainment marketing. Previously, with music electronics company Roland, he created social media outreach and growth strategies that became Roland's worldwide corporate standard. OV also managed social media and promotions for Madison Square Garden and Clear Channel Radio.

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