Adolf Hitler

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On 20 April 1889, an unseasonably overcast and chilly spring day, Adolf Hitler was born at the Gasthof zum Pommer at Braunau am Inn, a charming town of pastel-coloured historic houses, on the south bank of the River Inn which separates Austria and Germany. Today the house is unmarked except for a large stone of Mauthausen granite, standing by the front facade, which was erected in 1989 and bears the legend, 'For peace, freedom and democracy, never again Facism, millions of dead admonish'.
Adolf was the fourth child of six. His father, Alois Hitler, was a self-made man with little or no formal education who, by dint of hard work and diligence, had become a customs officer in the Austro-Hungarian civil service. He was well respected in Braunau but bore the marks of his caste. He was pompous, intensely jealous of his hard-won status, stingy, short-tempered and totally devoid of humour. His passion was bee-keeping, and it appears that the stuffy customs officer was more fond of the inhabitants of his apiary than of the members of his household.

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From what we read in this article, it is an obvious possibility that Adolf might not have had the ideal childhood. Realistically, this may have been part of the reason that Hitler turned out "bad". His father pretty much sounded like a huge jerk with a bad temper. If I were to guess, I think Alois Hitler may have been physically short. You know the saying, "Short guys have big tempers," or something to that affect anyway. To the normal human, the name Adolf Hitler puts an image of fear and hatred in the brain. Overall, he was a very evil man. He led the Nazis and was a terrifying leader. I think he is very interesting to read about, but it's a little scary to think that one man could kill all the people he did and do all the bad things he did.