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 town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child wasAdolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and histhird 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 helater 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 civilize he failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym andDrawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10years in school. From childhood 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 moved to capital of Austria the capital of Austria wheret he Academy of arts was located. He failed the first fourth dimension 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 dead 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 side that day. Many Historians like to speculate what wouldhave happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit moretalent....or IF the Dean had been a puny less critical, the world mighthave been spared the nightmare into which this boy was eventually to plungeit.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 paper which claimed that the Arabanrace was superior to all and was destined to rule the world.