History
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HITLER, ADOLF (1889-1945), GERMAN POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADER AND ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST POWERFUL DICTATORS. HITLER CONVERTED GERMANY INTO A FULLY MILITARIZED SOCIETY AND LAUNCHED WORLD WAR II IN 1939. HE MADE ANTI-SEMITISM A KEYSTONE OF HIS PROPAGANDA AND POLICIES AND BUILT THE NAZI PARTY INTO A MASS MOVEMENT. HE HOPED TO CONQUER THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND FOR A TIME DOMINATED MOST OF EUROPE AND MUCH OF NORTH AFRICA. HE INSTITUTED STERILIZATION AND EUTHANASIA MEASURES TO ENFORCE HIS IDEA OF RACIAL PURITY AMONG GERMAN PEOPLE AND CAUSED THE SLAUGHTER OF MILLIONS OF JEWS, ROMA (GYPSIES), SLAVIC PEOPLES, AND MANY OTHERS, ALL OF WHOM HE CONSIDERED INFERIOR.
BUT FOR THE MOMENT LETS FORGET ALL THAT
THE UNKNOWN ARTIST THAT WAS HITLER
HITLER HAD MOSTLY A COMFORTABLE CHILDHOOD, HIS GRADES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, IT WAS LATER DECIDED THAT HE WOULD ATTEND REALSCHULE (SECONDARY SCHOOL TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND EMPHASIZED MODERN LANGUAGES AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.)
HOWEVER, HITLER AND HIS FATHER STRONGLY DIFFERED OVER CAREER PLANS. HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO ENTER THE CIVIL SERVICE; HITLER INSISTED ON BECOMING AN ARTIST. AS A RESULT, HITLER DID POORLY IN REALSCHULE, HAVING TO REPEAT THE FIRST YEAR AND IMPROVING LITTLE THEREAFTER.
THE DEATH OF HITLER’S FATHER IN JANUARY 1903 CHANGED EVERYTHING. THE FAMILY INCOME WAS ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT HITLER, HIS MOTHER, AND HIS SISTER, BUT THE ABSENCE OF A DOMINANT FATHER FIGURE ALTERED HITLER'S POSITION IN THE FAMILY.
HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME PLAYING AND DREAMING, DID POORLY IN HIS STUDIES, AND LEFT SCHOOL IN 1905.
HITLER HAD HOPED TO BECOME AN ARTIST BUT WAS REJECTED AS UNQUALIFIED BY THE VIENNA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN OCTOBER 1907. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1908, AND HITLER PRETENDED TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES IN VIENNA IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AN ORPHAN’S PENSION. IN REALITY, HE MOSTLY WANDERED ABOUT THE CITY ADMIRING ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FREQUENTLY ATTENDING OPERAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF RICHARD WAGNER, WHOM HITLER ADORED FOR HIS HEROIC PORTRAYALS OF GERMAN MYTHOLOGY.
WHEN HE HAD EXHAUSTED HIS INHERITED FUNDS, HITLER, UNWILLING TO TAKE A JOB, ENDED UP IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.
BETWEEN 1910 AND 1913 HITLER’S LIFE IMPROVED WHEN HE BEGAN TO PAINT AND SELL POSTCARDS AND PICTURES FOR A LIVING, COPYING FAMOUS PAINTINGS AND DRAWING PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
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