Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Peter Handke alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Peter Handke were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1942 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 53 when Peter Handke was born.

Peter Handke was 2 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

Peter Handke

Austrian writer, playwright and film director

Born 6 December 1942 · living, 83 as of September 2026

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Adolf Hitler and Peter Handke 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.