Hitler's Life

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an older half brother Alois Jr., a half sister Angela and the two parents. Alois found retirement to be difficult around the noisy little farm.
The oldest, Alois Jr., 13, spent much of his time getting beat and listening to his fathers’ harsh words. At age 14 he ran away, never seeing his father again. That put Adolf , the next oldest boy, in his shoes.
At this time, the family sold the farm and moved to a small town of Lambach, Austria. The family would make many moves after that. This meant less chores and more free time to Adolf. Adolf attended a school in an old Catholic Benediction Monastery. The monastery was decorated with carved stones and woodwork that included several swastikas. Hitler did good in school and was in choir.
As a boy he liked priests and considered becoming one. He liked Abbot especially, who ruled his black-robbed monks with a lot of authority. At home, Hitler would play priest with his younger brother and sister.
At age nine he started getting ...

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his father wanted him to become a Civil Servant, so he had to go to technical high school in Linz in September, 1900. Hitler was lonely in the large school and didn’t do very good at first. There were a lot of arguments at home between him and his father about school. Adolf didn’t want to sit in an office all day. His father thought he was ridiculous and a struggle began between them.
The next year at school, Hitler was the oldest boy in class. He became a Ringleader and played cowboys and Indians after school. His grades were better the second year, but he still failed mathematics.
About this time, German nationalism came up. Hitler grew up close to the German border and ...

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