The family moved once more in 1895 to the farm community of Hafeld, 30 miles southwest of Linz. A brother, Edmond, was born two years later. When Adolf was three years old, the family moved to Passau, along the Inn River on the German side of the border. Young Adolf was showered with love and affection by his mother. Alois was a customs official, illegitimate by birth, who was described by his housemaid as a “very strict but comfortable” man. Two of his siblings died from diphtheria when they were children, and one died shortly after birth. CHAPTER CONTENT Hitler’s Early LifeĪdolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler in the Austrian town of Braunau. How a political leader was able to manipulate the political system in a democracy and obtain autocratic power.
Hitler’s use of anti-Semitism to advance his career and to consolidate power.Ĥ. Hitler’s view of history, his theory of race, and his political goals.ģ. Facts about Hitler’s life and the historical events which occurred during that time.Ģ. His “1,000 Year Reich” barely lasted 12 years and he died a broken and defeated man. Once in power, he eliminated all opposition and launched an ambitious program of world domination and elimination of the Jews, paralleling ideas he advanced in his book, Mein Kampf. Failing to take power by force in 1923, he eventually won power by democratic means. Anne Frank Biography | 1998 Holocaust Bookīundesarchiv, Bild 183-H1216-0500-002 / CC-BY-SAĪdolf Hitler, a charismatic, Austrian-born demagogue, rose to power in Germany during the 1920s and early 1930s at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval.Holocaust Picture Book – The Story of Granny Girl as a Child.
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