Adolf Hitler’s Childhood

The boy who became the Führer

A photograph of Adolf Hitler during his infancy by Josef Franz Klinger, c. 1889–1890 (Wikimedia Commons — image resized by Author)

We all know about the last twelve years of Adolf Hitler’s life. After becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he turned his country into a fascist state, instigated the Second World War, and oversaw the genocide of six million Jews.

But if you were to ask someone about Hitler’s childhood, they’d struggle to give you an adequate answer. Despite…