1. Who was Hitler?

2. Youth b. April 20 1889 d. April 30 1945 (suicide)
Born in Braunau am Inn, Austria- Hungary
Father Alois, Mother Klara, sister Paula (he had 5 siblings, 4 of which died in infancy)
His father was a customs bureau chief (after failing at farming and apiary)
His education had been highly studied using primary sources (report cards, interviews, etc.)- he seemed only to excel in physical education and visual arts
Leaves school at age 16 with no qualifications

3. French Unsatisfactory Geography Satisfactory German Adequate
Hitler's final school report (September 1905) was as follows:
French
Unsatisfactory
Geography
Satisfactory
German
Adequate
Gymnastics
Excellent
History
Physics
Math
Art
Chemistry
Geometry

5. Vienna
Father dies in small inheritance/support from his mother moves to Vienna
He worked as a casual labourer and as a street painter- painting watercolours on the streets
He was a skilled artists, his favourite themes being nature, women and animals (dogs)
1907 and 1909 Hitler applied to the Academy of Arts in Vienna and was rejected both times for “unfitness in painting”

6. Vienna
1907 Klara dies
Hitler becomes homeless living in shelters throughout Vienna
Vienna just happened to be a hotbed of racism and prejudice
It was here, evidence suggests, that Hitler started to develop his anti-semitism

10. Munich and the War
1913 Hitler received the rest of his father’s inheritance and moves to Munich Germany
The purpose of which was to escape conscription into the Austrian army which was “overrun with other races”
In Munich he spent most of his short time reading and sneaking into Operas (Wagner)
He was caught by the Bavarian police and sent back to Vienna where he was deemed “unfit for military service”- likely due to his health
Interesting fact- according to his physical he was 5’8

11. The War
When war broke out he volunteered into the Bavarian army (its own unit fighting closely with the Germany army)
Dispatch runner, spent most of his time behind the front lines but did serve at Ypres, Somme and Passchendaele- he was wounded at the Somme (shot in the thigh)
He received the Iron Cross- highest military award in Germany as well as the Black Wound Badge
“Respect the superior, don’t contradict anybody and obey blindly”
October temporarily blinded by mustard gas and was in a hospital when Germany surrendered.