The Hitler family comprises the relatives and ancestors of Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), an Austrian–born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party, formally called National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, or NSDAP). He was dictator of Germany, holding the titles Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler from 1934 to 1945. He is noted for his central role in the rise of nazism in Germany, provoking the start of World War II, and the death of millions of people in the Holocaust.