Adolf Hitler

Infamously known to history as the Nazi dictator of Germany, Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born soldier, artist and politician that rose to power in the late 1920s and early 30s. His ascension to power was briefly halted in 1923 when he spent a year in prison in which he published his autobiographical ideological best seller “Mein Kampf”. The work that layed out his master plan for Europe and eventually the world was not taken into consideration nearly soon enough, but as history shows it has lasting effects. Never before has one man swayed history in such a dark and abrupt way, and as we look at his life up to this point we can see some of the influences and events that shaped him.
Born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20th 1889 Young Adolf an illegitimate child struggled through school and grew increasingly hostile towards his father with age. The volatile relationships at home were balanced only by Hitlers love for his mother, who shortly after his father died before Hitler turned 20. With almost no support at home and a strong sense of independence Hitler left to make it as a painter in Vienna.
The now solo young Hitler was further embittered when the Viennese Academy of Fine arts turned him down not once, but twice. The ever increasingly angry, young destitute of a man scraped along living off a small family inheritance and what he could make off his artwork. Without even a permanent residence, young Hitler wandered the streets of Vienna, a town presided over by its deeply anti-Semitic mayor Karl Lueger. It appears that it was here that he formed his ideology that would shape the rest of his life, and the fate of Millions.
In line with his constant drifting, Hitler moved to Munich in 1913 while dodging military service. It would later be him who would say, “Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live…” And when the First World War broke out in mid 1914 Hitler did