Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Hans Bethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Hans Bethe were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1906 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 17 when Hans Bethe was born.

Hans Bethe was 38 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

Born 2 July 1906 · died 6 March 2005, aged 98

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Adolf Hitler and Hans Bethe in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.