Hitler

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ADOLF HITLER
1. THE BEGINNING
At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child
was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the
child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois
Hitler, and his third wife Klara.
As a young boy Adolf attendated church regulary and sang in
the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which
resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi
party. He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in
most of his classes. However in his last year of school he
failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and
Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a
total of 10 years in school. From childhood one it was his dream
to become an artist or architect. He was not a bad artist, as
his surviving paintings and drawings show but he never showed any
originality or creative imagination. To fullfil his dream he had
moved to Vienna the capital of Austria where the Academy of arts
was located. He failed the first time he tried to get admission
and in the next year, 1907 he tried again and was very sure of
success. To his surprise he failed again. In fact the Dean of
the academy was not very impressed with his performance, and gave
him a really hard time and said to him "You will never be
painter." The rejection really crushed him as he now reached a
dead end. He could not apply to the school of architecture as he
had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live
the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the
dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate
what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would
have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little
less critical, the world might have been spared the nightmare
into which this boy was eventually to plunge it.
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