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On April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler took his life after realizing he had lost the war, but what did that mean to the world? Did his death bear any real significance? What effects did his death have on his foes, victims, followers and allies? World War II was one of the most influential wars in global history. Along with battles of attrition, another horrific method of killing came to light, genocide. Concentration camps were instilled by the Nazi's through indirect commands from Hitler to Himmler near the beginning of WWII. In Himmler's recently found diaries, there was finally written evidence of Hitler's involvement with the Final Solution. Hitler's command of Germany had many negative repercussions not only on Germany but also on the minority populations that the Nazis terrorized and the rest of the world. While some believe that Hitler's death had no real effect on the world since he and his cause had already failed before his suicide, his death and his life leading up to his......

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