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He was born in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. Only one sibling survived childhood, Paula (1896-1960). Four siblings died in childhood: Gustav (1885-1887), Ida (1886-1888), Otto (1887), Edmund (1894-1900). Moreover, Hitler also had one step-brother and step-sister from his father's previous marriage.
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Hitler’s father, Alois, passed away from lung haemorrhage. Hitler was only 13 years old at the time. This allowed him to achieve his dreams to become an artist.
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Adolf did well at primary school, however this situation was not repeated at secondary school, which he left it at the age of 16. This year he went to Vienna with an ambition to become an artist, but unfortunately, he did not succeeded.
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Due to his mother death, called Klara, he recived an orphan`s pension to survive. Since then Hitler described his pooverty as years of hardship and misery in his written book "An Abrupt Blow". Here in Vienna, he started to believe that germans were a superior race and he was filled with hatred of the jews. After he lost his orphanage fund, he managed to live earning some money by painting and doing odd jobs.
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After moving to Münich, Adolf Hitler participated in the crowds that cheered the start of the World War I. He is seen in a famous photo taken the photographer Heinrich Hoffmann in Münich.
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His life was transformed by the outbreak of war. He joined the army and for the first time, there was a sense of purpose to his life.
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Hitler fough at the battle of Ypres after joining a Bavarian Regiment, where he received ten weeks of military training only.
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He returned to Münich, and began his political life by joining a tiny group called the German Workers' Party, which would later control himself. Then in 1920 he changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers' (or Nazi) Party.
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He became leader of the Small National Socialist Workers Party, abbreviated the NSDAP.
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They organised into a private army called "Sturmabteilung" (The Storm Section or the Storm Troop), the SA, also known as brownshirts because of their distinctive uniforms.
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Hitler tried to use the SA to seize control of Bavaria outside Münich but it was a dismal failure. After that, in his trail he was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, however he served for 9 months only.
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After 9 months of sentence in prison, political pressure from supporters of the Nazi Party forced his release. Later, Adolf Hitler
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While in prison Hitler wrote a book explaining his beliefs. In english it is called "My Struggle". This book stated Hitler's basic ideas of German nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism.
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The Nazy Party did poorly in the Reichstag elections, winning only 2.6% of the total vote, although the Party became increasingly identified with young men of the lower middle classes.
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From 27,000 members in 1925, the Nazi Party grew to 108,000 in 1929, thanks to a mass movement they built.
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With the German government about to collapse due to economic crisis and daily violence, the Nazi Party won 37% of the Reichstag seats, thanks to a massive propaganda campaign.
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In consequence of economic depression and ineffectual democratic geverment Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
