Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th April 1889 in Braunau am Inn Austria, the fourth child of six. Hitler's father Alois Hitler was a local customs official, his mother Klara Polzl the third wife of Alois and also his cousin for which a papal dispensation was required for them to marry.
Hitler's childhood was a troubled one, his father often beating him and his mother, years later he is said to have told his secretary "I then resolved never again to cry when my father whipped me. A few days later I had the opportunity of putting my will to the test. My Mother, frightened took refuge in front of the door. As for me, I counted silently the blows of the stick which lashed my rear end". The Hitler family moved often during the early years of his existence, he was a good student up to his first year of high school where he had failed and had to repeat the grade, his teachers said "Hitler had no desire to work".
It is often said Hitler's lack of enthusiasm to school was down to rebellion against his father who desired for his son to follow him as a customs official, however the young Hitler had dreams of becoming a Painter, which is supported by a later description of himself as a misunderstood artist. Even after the death of Hitler's father in 1903 his school work failed to improve and at the age of 16 he dropped out without any qualifications.
In 1905 Hitler had moved to Vienna, living on an orphans pension and support from his mother, he had hopes of studying at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, for which he was rejected citing "Unfitness for Painting", he was told his abilities were better suited for the field of Architecture, which he wrote in his memoirs of his fascination for the subject. After the school rectors recommendations Hitler himself was convinced that his future would be within this career path.
However Hitler's lack of enthusiasm at secondary school would hinder his chances as one could not attend the academies architectural school without first attending the building school at the technic which required a high school degree for which he had not gained, making his dream in his own words physically impossible. After the death of his mother in December 1907 he struggled financially, copying scenes form postcards and selling his paintings to merchants and tourists, he once again applied to the Academy of Fine Arts but yet again was rejected and soon run out of money. In 1909 Hitler lived in a shelter for the homeless and in 1910 he settled into a house for poor working men on Meldemannstrabe.
Hitler lived in the dormitory from 1910 till 1913, little is known about Hitler's stay at the home, it is rumoured though he spent his days reading newspapers in the reading room, painting pictures discussing politics and giving speeches to fellow residents.
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