HST 270 Lecture 4: hitler's family background and Vienna years
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Born: 1889 in braunau and then moved to linz. Or the son of his grandma and a. Hitler"s father was born out of wedlockhis father was legitimized by the brother of his supposed father after his father diedhe didn"t take his father"s name (hitler) until his 40s. Hitler"s father was a customs agent and wanted adolf to also become a public servant. He hated school and was an extremely lazy student. When his father died in 1906, he dropped out of school. His mother"s frustrations: mother couldn"t force adolf to get his diploma, he was a bad student and not getting his diploma made it worse. Hitler continued living with his mother and living off of her income even after he dropped out of school. Instead of working, he spent his time going to the theater and listening to music. He went to vienna with hitler to get a higher education.
