Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Adolf was the son of Alois and Klara Hitler. His father was a customs official, and used his mother's last name of Schicklgruber, until he adopted the name Hitler. When his father died in 1903, Adolf was relieved from his constant criticism. Adolf, however, had cherished his mother. Her death in 1907 had a traumatic effect on him. He failed in school, which only raised his desire to become an artist. He then traveled to Vienna to attend the Academy of Fine Arts, but was rejected. In 1914, World War I began, and he instead accepted the call to join the army. He served in the Bavarian Sixteenth Regiment on the western front. For his show of bravery, he was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class. But when Germany was defeated, he became convinced that the Jews and Marxists stabbed Germany in the back.…
