Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria on April 20,1889. His
father named Alois was an officer in custom services inspecting goods
shipped in and out of the country. His mother named Klara was a peasant
girl who had worked for Alois as his maid, before they got married in 1885.
Alois was forty-seven and Klara was twenty-four, him being just about twice
the age of her. Alois was married twice but both wives died young, which
left him with two children, a son Alois Jr. and a daughter Angela. In Adolf's
households all around him was death. Klara, his mother had three children,
all of which died when they were infants and then Adolf was born. When
Adolf was five he had a brother that was born but died a few years later.
Then he had a sister named Paula who was the only child of the family to
outlive Adolf. Paula was born when he was seven. Adolf's parents were
really different from each other. Klara was quite a loving person who did
everything a house wife and mother could possible do. Alois was a cold and
distant man who was very hard to like and get along with. She loved her step
children as well as her own but Adolf was her favorite of them all. He
received special attention from her helping him with his young age and all of
the deaths that took place that he kept on hearing about and his brother who
didn't make. Adolf was a very sick child who almost died as a young kid.
Klara could never say no to him and when he grew up she told him
constantly how special he was. Adolf loved his mother very much and
showed her much appreciation for her thoughfullness. When he became a
dictator of Germany he had a portrait of his thoughtful mother hung over the
head of his bed in each of his homes. He always spoke of her as a loving,
caring and the best mother in the entire world. His thoughts for h
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