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Adolf Hitler

1889 - 1920

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn. Hitler would one day lead a movement which would leave it's mark in history. To understand him better, we must study his early life and roots.

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Hitler's father, Alois was born in 1837. He was the son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber whose mate was unknown, but could have been Jewish. When Alois Hitler was about five years old Maria Schicklgruber married Johann Georg Hiedler. Five years after marriage Maria died of natural causes and Alois Hitler went to live on his uncle's farm. After many years at his uncle's farm, Alois Hitler …show more content…

At this time the Hitler family decided to move to the town of Lambach. Adolf Hitler attended school at the town monastery and joined the boys choir. Hitler admired the pageantry of the church and enjoyed catholic ceremonies and considered becoming a priest.

At the age of nine, Hitler was caught by one of the priests smoking a cigarette but was forgiven.

The Hitler family, moved once again, now to the village of Leonding, which was close to Linz. Adolf Hitler changed schools but found this no problem to his work, as he was able to achieve good grades with little effort. At this time he found he had a talent for Art.

Adolf Hitlers schoolboy days were drawing to a close as soon he would have to go to classical or technical school. His father, Alois forced him to go to technical school despite his wishes to go to classical school and continue his skill at Art. At the technical school at Linz he did quite badly but after being held back a year he managed to get better grades.

Hitler enjoyed the music of the famous German composer, Wagner. Where Hitler grew up was very near to the German Border and people living in the area considered themselves German Austrians. This, coupled with his enjoyment of Wagner's music led to him being fond of Germany and eventually German Nationalism.

After the death of his father in January 1903, Hitler was free from

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