Adolf Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist Workers Party in Germany, known as the Nazi Party. He was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when he committed suicide. Hitler had joined the Nazi party in 1919 and became its leader in 1921. He become popular by advocating a set of political doctrines, including German Nationalism, anti-Semitism, both anti-capitalism and anti-communism and propaganda. As is well known, Hitler was a serious proponent of social Darwinism and a belief in racial supremacy, particularly of the German people. He also pushed Nazi hegemony in Europe. When Hitler came to power he quickly formed the Hitler Youth in order to prepare a new generation of soldiers and leaders who had never known anything but his rule.