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Adolf Hitler was, born on 20 April 1889, in a small Austrian town called Braunau. Adolf’s father, Alois Hitler, was a customs official; Adolf’s mother, Klara Pölzl, was a housewife. Adolf was sibling to five other children, only two of which actually lived to adulthood. In 1898 the Hitler family moved to upper Austria, where a young and distraught Adolf pursued his dream in visual arts. Alois disagreed; Adolf should work in the civil service, like his father. After Alois’ death, young Adolf persuaded Klara, his mother, to let him pursue his dream to become an artist. In 1907 Adolf took an exam to enter the Vienna Academy of the Arts and failed. In early 1908, shortly after his mother's death, Adolf moved to Vienna with fresh hope to get into the Academy. By late 1909, Hitler knew of poverty; his income withered away and he resided in a homeless shelter for a time after spending his inheritance. That winter, Adolf began to paint watercolor scenery of Vienna, offering him enough money to live on until 1913, when he left Vienna for Munich, Germany. It is likely that Adolf began his antisemitic ideologies during this time. Months before leaving for Munich, Adolf had had periods of time where he relied on Jewish peoples in personal and …show more content…

Adolf was a more-than-adequate speaker, promising desperate Germans change. This change motivated the unemployed, young, lower class families with his National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the Nazis. Before the depression in Germany, the Nazi party only had 3 percent vote in German Parliament, however in 1932 the Nazi party had 33 percent vote in German Parliament and in January of 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, the highest appointed official of the German

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