“Heil, Adolphus Schickelgruber”? Jewish Ancestry? Mother: Klara + = Father: Alois

Hitler’s siblings: Angela Hitler (Raubal) (half-sister): July 28, 1883-Oct 30, 1949: HER DAUGHTER IS GELI RAUBAL! (We will get to Geli in a minute) Alois Jr. Hitler (half-brother)-would run away….in and out of jail….Jan 1882- May 1956 1. Gustav Hitler: May 17, 1885-Dec. 8, 1887 died from diphtheria 2. Ida Hitler: September 25, 1886-Jan. 2, 1888 died from diphtheria 3. Otto Hitler: 1887-died right after birth 4. Adolf Hitler: April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945 5. Edmund Hitler: March 24, 1894-Feb. 2, 1900 from measles 6. Paula Hitler (Wolff): Jan 21, 1896-June1, 1960: Martin Bormann and high SS officers took care of her, :”He was still my brother”….shared many beliefs but didn’t consider herself Nazi/wasn’t involved in politics

Home Life: Adolf Hitler’s childhood was normal for a boy of his time. Born on April 20, 1889, in small Austrian town of Braunau, at the border between Austria and Germany. He was his parents 4th child, and the first to live beyond the age of 2. The Hitler family led a comfortable, middle-class existence. Alois Jr./Beatings/Scapegoat… “The sharp word that fell occasionally from his lips could not belie the warn heart that beat beneath the rough exterior.”

With Education: -History/Geography -Math/French -School after father’s death -”The Decision” @ 16 years old -Daydreams…

With Friend(s): August (Gustl) Kubizek:

“Hitler was full of deep understanding and sympathy.”- August Kubizek -SERIOUS MAN -VIOLENT TEMPER AND HIGH STRUNG -OBSESSIVE -“...HOWEVER INTENSELY OCCUPIED WITH HIMSELF, HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TIME FOR THE AFFAIRS OF THOSE PEOPLE IN WHOM HE WAS INTERESTED.” – AUGUST K.

With Animals: FUCHSL- “I can look at him like I look at a human being. I am crazy about him.” BLONDI-”He is my soulmate.”

With women… Stephanie (Jansten): the illusion

Women….continued: Geli Raubal: the niece

Women….continued: Maria Reiter: the hope? Eva Braun: the obsessed

Hitler/Nazi’s & Religion… -Matter of debate -Raised Catholic (father skeptic, mother devout) -Aware of impact of religion on politics -Believed in a racial struggle for supremacy/churches should recognize the “racial problem” -”Positive”/”Constructive” Christianity=endorsed by Nazi Party "The German people must consider the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life as a sign that Hitler will complete his tasks under the protection of a divine power"

THE JOURNEY (and loss) BEGINS: -IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AS AN ARTIST, THEY COULD DO IT IN VIENNA -”I had honored my father, but my mother I had loved.”- Hitler

Art School: -ONCE HE MADE IT TO THE 2ND ROUND AT THE ART SCHOOL IN VIENNA -”TEST DRAWING UNSATISFACTORY,” THE JUDGES SAID

Hitler’s Art:

In Vienna…: -CHANGES IN VIENNA/OPPORTUNITY/MULTICULTURAL -UP ALL NIGHT/SLEPT UNTIL NOON/DRESSED LIKE ARTIST -UNSTABLE PERSONALITY -RESPONSE TO CRITICISM -CATHOLIC BELIEFS -OUTBURSTS OF INSPIRATION -COMPOSING OPERAS/REDESIGNING VIENNA -LOSS OF INTEREST

Homeless in Vienna: -Lived by himself, moving from place to place -Lifestyle spiraled downward -Still no attempt to get regular employment -Wound up sleeping on park benches and begging for money -Became a dirty, smelly, unshaven young man wearing tattered clothes and did not even own an overcoat -December of 1909, freezing and half starved, he moved into a homeless shelter. -Ate at a soup kitchen operated by the nuns from a nearby convent.…..

Molding the mind in Vienna: - Reinhold Hanish - Undisciplined/Moody -Eager to discuss politics -Selling work to Jewish shop owners/Josef Neumann -Philosophy/Reading/Untrained mind/Curiosity -Ideas became jumbled of racist, nationalistic, anti-Semitic attitudes that would turn into a die-hard philosophy

From art to politics: -SURVIVALIST MENTALITY -NO COMPASSION FOR OTHERS/LACKED EMPATHY -EXTREME MOODS -AT 21 DEVELOPED STRONG INTEREST IN POLITICS -EYES ON VIENNA "I owe it to that period that I grew hard and am still capable of being hard.”-Hitler

From the sidelines:

Seeds of HATE:

To fight or not to fight (WW1): -JANUARY 20, 1914 -”PINCHED FACE, GAUNT FRAME AND SHABBY CLOTHES.” -”UNFIT FOR COMBATANT AND AUXILIARY DUTIES, TOO WEAK. UNABLE TO BEAR ARMS.” -Death of Archduke Ferdinand -Dreams of Greater Germany -Change of heart “I am not ashamed to say that, overcome with rapturous enthusiasm, I fell to my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being allowed to live at this time.”

Wartime hero?...: -Luck? -Sloppy -Eager to fight -Eager to please superiors -Never complained -Likeable loner -Known for LUCK avoiding injury and bravery

…Wartime hero?: -LUCK RAN OUT -MUNICH: APATHY AND ANTI-WAR SENTIMENT AMONG GERMAN CIVILIZANS -ANGER/NEED TO CHANGE THIS MENTALITY -IRON CROSS/LIEUTENANT A JEW -GOOD RECORD/5 MEDALS/REMAINED A CORPORAL -UNMILITARY APPEARANCE/ODD PERSONALITY -LACK OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

End of WW1: -TIDE OF WAR TUENED AGAINST GERMANS/HITLER BECAME DEPRESSED -”INVISIBLE FOES OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE!” -OCT 1918 IN HOSPITAL -NOV 1918: THE NEWS/WAR WAS OVER… "There followed terrible days and even worse nights – I knew that all was lost...in these nights hatred grew in me, hatred for those responsible for this deed." -Hitler

Post-War Politics:

Nazi Party is formed:

Growing Nazi Party:

1920:

Official Nazi Party:

New Party Leader

Beer hall-1923