Adolf Hitler - Quick facts
Born on the 20th of April, 1889, in Brannau, a town in Austria, Adolf Hitler was the 4th child of Klara Hitler and Alois Schickelgruber.
It was in 1919, after the end of the war, that Hitler joined what was known as the German Workers Party, which he later renamed as the National Socialist German Workers Party, which in turn was abbreviated to the Nazi Party. Soon, he took charge of the propaganda of the party and by the year 1921 he was made the leader.
Iin 1923 the National Socialist German Workers Party, led by Adolf Hitler tried to seize power, from the ruling German Weimar Republic, in the famous Beer-Hall Putsch. However, Hitler was unsuccessful and was imprisoned.
Hitler became German Chancellor in 1933.
Hitler was voted Time Magazines man of the year in 1938
Adolf Hitler was fascinated by hands. In his library there was a well-thumbed book containing pictures and drawings of hands belonging to famous people throughout history. He liked particularly to show his guests how closely his own hands resembled those of Frederick the Great, one of his heroes.
Hitler infamously wrote his book 'Mein Kampf' whilst inside prison.
Hitler's 3rd grade report from his teacher remarked that Hitler was...'bad tempered and fancied himself as a leader.'
Adolph Hitler had a half brother named Alois Hitler, he owned a bar in Germany that was frequented by prominent Nazi officials. Alois would never share his opinion on Adolph because he was afraid Adolph would revoke his liquor license!
Adolph Hitler kept a framed photograph of Henry Ford on his desk and Ford kept one of Hitler on his desk in Dearborn, Michigan. Hitler had used in 'Mein Kampf' some of Fords anti-semitic views, and he always welcomed Ford's contributions to the Nazi movement.
Adolf Hitler had some Jewish heritage in him. His great great grandmother was Jewish.
Adolf Hitler was fascinated by hands. In his library there was a well-thumbed book containing pictures and drawings of hands belonging to famous people throughout history. He liked particularly to show his guests how closely his own hands resembled those of Frederick the Great, one of his heroes.
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
His original title for Mein Kampf was "My Struggle for Five Years Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice".
His medical records revealed that he was afflicted with monorchism (having only one testicle descended into the scrotum). When this condition became common currency during the war, English soldiers came up with a ditty, "Hitler has only got one ball", adapted from (and set to the music of) the "Colonel Bogey March", a song featured (without its lyrics) in David Lean's World War II masterpiece The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
He was the first child of his mothers to survive past infancy.
Born in Austria, he did not become a German citizen until 1932. German citizenship was necessary to run for the parliamentary elections of the same year, which resulted in Hitler being appointed German Chancelor on January 30th, 1933.
After his suicide in April, 1945, the corpse was imperfectly cremated, and some remains were not burned away. Pieces of the skull (including one with a bullet hole) and leg bones were recovered by the Russians, and now reside in the Russian National Archives.
