Adolf Hitler 1889-1945 Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitlers bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. D. S. 1p. folio, Fuhrer Headquarters, Apr. 30, 1943, an appointment of General Schneckenburger as Commander of the 17th Army Corps. Also signed at bottom by Rudolf Schmundt 1896-1944 General and Chief Adjutant of the armed forces and a close friend of Hitler, mortally wounded in the July 20, 1944 bomb attempt on Hitler's life.