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
The house in Leonding in Austria where Hitler spent his early adolescence. Photo taken in July 2012 by Kim Traynor/Wikimedia Commons.

37. He Lost Contact With His Entire Family

Following his mother’s death in 1907, Hitler moved to Vienna to work as a watercolor painter, but he was rejected from the art academies there. He lost all contact with his siblings. Living off of a paltry orphan’s pension, he spent much of his early adult life in homeless shelters.

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