Adolf Hitler was born in Australia.

The story behind the answer

False. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, a town on the Austrian–German border in what was then Austria-Hungary (now Austria)—not Australia. The confusion often stems from the similar names “Austria” and “Australia.”

He later moved to Germany, became leader of the Nazi Party, and his dictatorship led to World War II and the Holocaust. Memory tip: Austria is a central European country known for the Alps and Vienna; Australia is a faraway island continent with kangaroos. Think “Hitler—Alps, not outback.”