40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

Trista - December 19, 2018

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall
Portrait of Alois Hitler née Schicklgruber, an Austrian civil servant and the father of Adolf Hitler. The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by Robert Payne/Wikimedia Commons.

39. Hitler’s Father Was Abusive

The young Hitler was devoted to his mother but distant from his father, Alois. The future leader’s dad had grown up as an illegitimate child and was harsh and abusive towards his own children. He died in 1903, when Hitler was 14 years old, leaving behind a pension for his family.

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