While Adolf was in the younger stages of his childhood, he would get beaten and terrorized by his father. His father would beat him down for the type of interests he would like. His father a Alois was a very tough man and he just always had a bad attitude. …show more content…
Since German Nationalism had such an interest so early in his life it will effect everything that will happen when he will become leader of Germany. The nationalism soon became an obsession for Hitler. There was a history teacher who touched Hitler with exciting figures like Bismark and Frederick The Great. Often his friends and Hitler would sing the German anthem, instead of the Austrian anthem. He lived near the German border when he was younger, so many Austrians that lived close to Germany called themselves German-Austrians. According to dsu.nodak.edu, they highlighted that “they expressed loyalty to the German Imperial House of Hohenzollern and its Kaiser. In defiance of the Austrian Monarchy, Adolf Hitler and his young friends liked to use the German greeting, "Heil," and sing the German anthem "Deutschland Uber Alles," instead of the Austrian Imperial anthem”(David A. Meier). Hitler was very loyal to Germany and continued to expressed much interest for German