Adolf Hitler :: Biographies Biographical Essays

Adolf Hitler1.The Beginning At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a childwas born in the small township of Branau, Austria. The name of the child wasAdolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs functionary Alois Hitler, and histhird wife Klara.As a young boy Adolf attendated church regulary and sang in the local choir. One day he shape a symbol into the bench which resembled the Swastika helater use as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty uncorrupted student. He received good marks in most of his classes. further in his last year ofschool he failed Ger small-arm and Mathematics, and un slight succeeded in Gym andDrawing. He drooped out of school at the progress of 16, spending a total of 10years in school. From childishness one it was his dream to become an artistor architect. He was not a bad artist, as his surviving paintings anddrawings show but he never showed any originality or creative imagination. To fullfil his dream he had travel to Vienna th e capital of Austria wherethe Academy of arts was located. He failed the first snip he tried to getadmission and in the next year, 1907 he tried again and was very sure ofsuccess. To his surprise he failed again. In fact the Dean of the academywas not very impressed with his performance, and gave him a really hardtime and said to him You will never be painter. The rejection reallycrushed him as he now reached a baseless end. He could not apply to the schoolof architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 yearsof his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in thedeans office that day. Many Historians alike(p) to speculate what would curb happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit moretalent....or IF the Dean had been a little less critical, the world mighthave been spared the nightmare into which this boy was eventually to set in motionit.2.World War 1While living in Vienna Hitler he made his living by drawing small picturesof famous landmarks which he sold as post cards. But he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small topic which claimed that the Arabanrace was superior to all and was destined to rule the world.