“I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty.”

— Adolf Hitler

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Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi … 1889–1945

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“I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty.”

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