Eight Lesser-Known Facts About Adolf Hilter’s Life Until 1919
Did you know Hilter only had one friend?
We don’t know much about the early life of Hitler, do we? Well, this article will try to shed some light on what Hitler’s life was like until the end of the first world war.
1. Hitler carried a photograph of his mother to the war.
On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born at Braunau am Inn. His father, Alois Hitler, was a customs official and served as a bureaucrat in the old Austrian government. Hitler’s father usually stayed away from his home. He would spend long hours at work, followed by beers with his colleagues.
Hitler’s mother filled this void of fatherly affection. Hitler was particularly close to his mother, and he even carried her photograph with him when he went to war in Vienna. When Hitler committed suicide in 1945, the photo of his mother was still present at his desk. We don’t know much about Hitler’s relationship with his siblings. Three of his siblings died infants, and just one of Hitler’s many siblings survived into adulthood.
