Adolf Hitler · Nelly Sachs Were Adolf Hitler and Nelly Sachs alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Nelly Sachs were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1891 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 2 when Nelly Sachs was born.Nelly Sachs was 53 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Nelly SachsJewish German poet and playwrightBorn 10 December 1891 · died 12 May 1970, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerNelly SachsRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Nelly Sachs 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.