This is a partial list of streets and squares named after

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

during the era of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. The zeal with which German municipal authorities attempted, immediately after the seizure of power, to play their part in the "National Rising" (german: Nationale Erhebung) is shown by the practice of conferring honorary municipal citizenship on Hitler, and even more by naming a street (''Straße''), a square or place (''Platz''), a promenade (''Anlage''), an avenue (''Damm'', ''Allee''), a stadium (''Kampfbahn''), or a bridge (''Brücke'') after the new chancellor. As early as March and April 1933, a wave of renamings swept through Germany's cities. Most of the examples in the list come from this period.

Places

Brazil

Before 1931, there are records of a street named Rua Adolpho Hitler in the

Campo Belo (''Union, Order and Progress'') , image_skyline = Corredor_de_arvores.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = View of Campo Belo's main square , image_flag = File:Campo Belo - Flag.png , image_seal ...

district of Santo Amaro,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

– notably at a time when the Nazis had not yet come to power in Germany. Its name was changed in 1931 to Rua Almirante Barroso, but when Santo Amaro was merged into

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

the next year, the street was again renamed Rua Gil Eanes, due to a homonymous street in

Brás Brás is one of 96 districts in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Administratively part of the Southeast Zone of São Paulo, Brás is located immediately to the east of the historic downtown in the Subprefecture of Mooca. The district is an ar ...

. The street still retains Gil Eanes's name.

United States

The planned community German Gardens in Yaphank, New York, was built on the former site of Camp Siegfried, which was owned and operated by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund. Until 1941, several streets were named after prominent Nazis, such as Adolf Hitler Street (renamed Park Street), Goering Street (renamed Oak Street), and Goebbels Street (renamed Northside Avenue).

Notes

References

*Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). '' The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich'', pp. 6–7. Macmillan, New York. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitler, Adolf

Streets Named After Adolf Hitler This is a partial list of streets and squares named after Adolf Hitler during the era of Nazi Germany. The zeal with which German municipal authorities attempted, immediately after the seizure of power, to play their part in the "National Risin ...

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