Adolf Hitler Biography

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Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 to Klara and Alois Hitler in a small town in Austria called Braunau. Braunau was located about 65 miles from munich and about 30 miles north from Salzburg. Adolf grew up not having as much money as they would like but still made it work with what they had. Adolfs dad, Alois Hitler was a mid- level customs worker while his mom did not have a job so she could take care of the children. He had five siblings, but only one survived childhood due to illnesses and lack of medicine. Paula Hitler, his sister was the only sibling that survived childhood while Gustav, Ida, Otto, and Edmund. Besides them, he did have a stepbrother named Alois and step-sister named Angela from his father's previous marriages. His father had two marriages before Adolf was born. Adolf’s father was fifty-one when he had him, and died when Adolf was only thirteen. Adolfs mom, Klara had died of breast cancer in 1908 (Early Years). After living in Braunau, the Hitler family decided to move to Linz in 1898 which is also the capital of upper Austria. Adolf, being interested in art wanted to pursue a career in visual arts, but his father fought with him often because he wanted Adolf to enter the Habsburg civil services. After his father died his mother, Klara Hitler agreed to let Adolf take on his dream of being an artist and go into a visual arts class using the money inherited from his fathers death. In the fall of 1907, Adolf applied to be enrolled into Vienna Academy of the Arts. Adolf failed to pass the test to get into the academy. After his mom passed away in the beginning of 1908, Adolf made the decision to the town of Vienna to try again at being accepted into the Academy of the Arts. Despite Adolf Hitlers many attempts t... ... middle of paper ... ...d be easier to give in then possibly have another world war. The other countries were so lenient that Germany was able to take over Austria without having to use violence. Once the Nazi Germans attempted to take over poland on September 1, 1939, other countries decided that that was the last straw. World War II had begun. It seemed that even his own people had turned against him. On July 20, 1944, one of Hitler's military officers had placed a bomb in a suitcase hoping to assassinate Hitler but the bombing didn’t go as planned. Hitler survives with minor injuries. Hitler had been in a relationship with the same person for several years by now but never married her until April 29, 1945 he had finally married Eva Braun. Unfortunately it didn’t last long, they were both found death the following day by suicide. Adolf had died by gunshot, while Eva had eaten Cyanide.

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