Late on the night of April 20, 1889, a boy was born in Austria, and the boy's father named him "Adolf Hitler". Alois Hitler was overjoyed and had a young son of his own. This old father may not have imagined to his death that his infant son, who was still crying and crying, would become the culprit who would draw the world into war and kill countless human beings.
The old Hitler's family was generally relatively wealthy, after all, he had a job as a customs tax collector, which can be said to be middle class. He was also appreciated by his superiors and was able to rent a house near the Office of the Customs Inspector of Basso. But Alois Hitler, there is a problem, that is, good alcoholism, after each drunkenness is either rude to his wife or violence to his children, which also leads to tension within the family.
At the age of five, Hitler moved with his parents to the countryside, where he still had about 9 acres of land. Although it was more than thirty kilometers away from where the old Hitler worked, the living conditions were generally not bad, and the only flaw was that Hitler had to walk an hour to school.
Later, Hitler thought in his own book that this was the happiest time he spent, he had good grades in school, his ability to do things was not small, and he soon mingled with his friends, became the king of children, and also met his lifelong best friend.
Hitler's wonderful childhood was actually only a year, and his father officially retired when he was six years old. The retired Hitler the elder had more time to discipline his son, and it was reasonable to say that the family should be doing well at this time. However, because the old Hitler was short-tempered and stubborn, he had a few acres of land in his hands and did not manage it at all. Perhaps in today's parlance, it is to die for face and not to lower one's identity to cultivate land. Coupled with the bad habit of heavy alcoholism, the living conditions at home are getting worse and worse.
The way the old Alois vented his dissatisfaction with life was to beat his son, and after each drunken drinking, he would use a horse whip to beat the eldest son, the younger Alois, all over the body. Little Alois, who could not bear the torture, ran away from home at the age of 14. Normally, as a father in this case, you must reflect on whether you have gone too far.
But the elder Alois Hitler had an extremely paranoid personality, and he felt that he was too benevolent and not strict enough to make his son rebel. So it was decided to "discipline" his younger son, Adolf Hitler, to avoid his younger son from following his brother's path. So he had to beat his son up every day, establish his authority as a father in his son's heart, and make his son's face change greatly when he talked about his father, and instinctively obey any order.
But scolding his son did not change the family's financial situation, and the old Alois, who could not make ends meet, had to sell his family's small farm and move to a further place. This time, for the first time, he sent his son back to school, and the old Hitler was extremely religious. But this time it catered to the wishes of little Hitler.
He was quickly drawn to religious culture and became the best child star singer in the choir. Hitler Jr. also liked cosmopolitan preaching to his mother as a priest, and both his mother and teachers thought he would become a priest in the future. (As an aside, having said that, have you ever thought of a Georgian who attended Tbilisi Theological Seminary and was also a choir child star singer?) ）
But then Hitler's father felt that country life was not in line with his identity, so he decided to move to the outskirts of the city to live, so that he could make himself look more like a middle class with status and status. But life in the suburbs was not pleasant for Adolf Hitler, because the cost of living increased, his father's pension was not enough, and the old man's temper came up again, and every day except drinking was beating his son. It is strange that a child can be mentally healthy if he grows up in this environment, which may be the reason for Hitler's later temper tantrums.
Hitler later, under the arrangement of his father, went to a secondary school in the city to study. But his secondary school career was not happy for him, he was often discriminated against and ridiculed by his classmates at school, and he never got the attention of his teachers, and he was no longer the king of the country children. From then on Hitler became taciturn, his face full of grief.
During his studies at secondary school, Hitler became obsessed with Bismarck at some point, regarded Bismarck as a hero for Germany and Austria, and even secretly sang songs in praise of Bismarck. Singing about Bismarck in Austria was a violation of the law, but it was fortunate that the teacher at school did not know Hitler the same way that he was able to complete his studies.
On Christmas Day 1903, Hitler's father, Alois the Elder, died, and Hitler, who had lost discipline, dropped out of school, and he spent every day at home indulging in his dream of being an artist, relying on only the few savings of his parents to survive. Although others saw it as a proper act of nibbling on the old, Hitler said it was the happiest and most unrestrained time of his life.
When Hitler was 16 years old, he felt that his painting skills were successful, so he went to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, although he received a high evaluation in the field of architectural art, but because the human body structure was not ideal, he was eventually rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts. The evaluation teacher suggested that he go to the School of Architecture, which was where he could play his strengths, but Hitler did not listen to it at all.
Hitler, who failed both exams, returned home, but his mother died shortly after, and no one knows if Hitler suffered a blow, only that he was serious and silent at his mother's funeral. After attending his mother's funeral, Hitler moved to Vienna with the last savings his mother had left him.
He still hopes to be admitted to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, but he has not learned the lessons of the past, and every day he only focuses on buildings, enters and exits some cultural and entertainment clubs, and carries out a higher consumer life, but he does not work to make a living, so he can only sell paintings on the side of the road to make ends meet.
People who helped Hitler sell paintings said that Hitler was particularly lazy and irritable, and that he painted completely according to his mood, so his income was always very poor, but he maintained a high consumption, so he lived very badly. Hitler also liked to collect pamphlets with ultra-nationalist rhetoric everywhere, and from time to time made statements that were clearly affected.
Perhaps losing the constraints of his harsh father, Hitler completely let go of himself. But his Jewish friends feared that he might one day go crazy, and that fear came true in a way, and Hitler went crazy, and he even went crazy about the whole of Germany.
In 1914, Hitler ushered in a turning point in his life, when World War I broke out. So Hitler volunteered for the Bavarian army and served on the front as a messenger. Hitler's 16th Infantry Regiment was on the verge of collapse in the first week of the battle, with a total of 3,600 officers and men, only 611 of whom survived British artillery fire.
Especially as a messenger, the death rate was close to 100%, but Hitler successfully completed the mission twice by risking across the line of fire, and was awarded a second-class Iron Cross.
Although Hitler was brave and lucky in battle, his manic symptoms became more and more pronounced. His comrades who had served with Hitler once recalled: "Hitler never complained about the dirty environment in the trenches, he had a strange passion for war, and often asked himself in his breaks why we couldn't defeat the French with our cannons." Then he replied that it was "a certain nation" and a "restless organization" and that the restless workers were making trouble, and then he would make some extreme, offensive remarks loudly and threaten to be incompatible with them. ”
These absurd extremist ideas seem to have taken root in Hitler's mind, and did not dissipate even after the end of the war. In November 1918, Hitler retired from the army and returned to Munich. At this time, from the perspective of great changes in society, the German Emperor and the Bavarian king were forced to abdicate, various "groups" appeared, and "street fights" and assassinations seemed to become a strange trend.
The streets are full of unemployed people, and veterans who can't get paid have become street gangs or beggars. Hitler had the idea that he needed to change Germany in his own way, to get rid of all the "traitors" he considered. At this time, no one could have imagined that this young man who lived on the streets and could only return to his old business and make a living by selling paintings would become a demon who pushed Germany into the abyss and brought disaster to mankind.
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References: Hitler, Nazi Culprit, Hitler: From Beggar to Führer