1. THE BEGINNING
At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child
was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child
was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and
his third wife Klara.
As a young boy Adolf attendated church regulary and sang in
the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which
resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party.
He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in most of his
classes. However in his last year of school he failed German and
Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and Drawing. He drooped out of
school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10 years in school. From
childhood one it was his dream to become an artist or architect. He
was not a bad artist, as his surviving paintings and drawings show but
he never showed any originality or creative imagination. To fullfil
his dream he had moved to Vienna the......
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