Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th day of April of the year 1889. He was born in the small town of Austria known as Braun au. It was right along the Inn River across from Germany. His father was Adolf Hitler and right after his son s birth, he moved his family to Linz, Austria. Adolf started school there and at first was a good student but later in his studies he did poorly. This disappointed and angered Adolf, his father, because his father s hopes were that Hitler one-day study to become a government official like him.
Apart from his father s wish, Adolf s desire was to become an artist, which abruptly came to an end after he failed the artist entrance exam twice in Vienna. His mother died during that period so Hitler remained in Vienna. During his time there, he learned to dislike non-German speaking people, even though he was not German himself. Hitler went to Munich, Germany in a year before World War I. He remained there and when war broke out in 1914, he volunteered for the German army. In that war Hitler was awarded twice for bravery and rose to the position of corporal. After the treaty of Versailles ended the war and left Germany in despair, Hitler remained there hospitalized.
The turn in Adolf s life occurred when in 1920, he joined the Nazi socialist party. The Nazis called for all Germans to unite in one group. Hitler became the leader of the party and organized an army known as the Storm Troopers, who protected the Nazi group. In an attempt to seize the Bavarian government, Hitler on November 9, 1923, led more than 2,000 troopers on a march and was arrested. He was sentenced for five years in prison, but ended up serving only 9 months. During this period he wrote the book Mein Kamp, German for my struggle. In this book, he stated the plans he had for Germany. By 1929, after Hitler had rebuilt the Nazi party, it had become an important minor party.
In 1930, a worldwide depression hit Germany, besides the debt of paying for