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Adolf Hitler as a baby
“At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria. ” ("The History Place - Rise of Hitler: Adolf Hitler is Born"). -
When Adolf Hitler was bapitized
On April 20, 1889, her fourth child, Adolf, was born healthy and was baptized a Roman Catholic. -
HIs brother Edmund
When he was almost five, in 1893, his mother gave birth to a brother, Edmund -
entered primary school
hitler entered primary school. -
Adolfs sister paula
1896 came a sister, Paula. -
moved and changed schools
In 1898, the Hitler family moved once again, to the village of Leonding, close to Linz. They settled into a small house with a garden located next to a cemetery. This meant another change of schools for Adolf. -
Death of his brother Edmund
Adolf's little brother Edmund, age 6, died of measles. Adolf, the boy who loved warplay and its 'pretend' death now had to confront genuine death for the first time. It seems to have shaken him badly. -
his father died
In January 1903, Hitler's father died suddenly of a lung hemorrhage, leaving his 13-year-old son as head of the Hitler household. -
Left high school at Linz and entered another high school at Steyr
Hitler left the high school at Linz. He had been given a passing mark in French on a make-up exam on the condition that he not return to the school. In September 1904, he entered another high school, at Steyr, a small town 25 miles from Linz. -
received the Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation
In May of 1904, at age 15, Adolf Hitler received the Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation in the Linz Cathedral. -
left school for good
he left school at age sixteen never to return. -
Hitler finds out his mother has breast cancer
On January 14, 1907, Adolf Hitler's mother went to see the family doctor about a pain in her chest, so bad it kept her awake at night. The doctor, Edward Bloch, who was Jewish, examined her and found she had advanced breast cancer. -
went to live and study in Vienna
In October 1907, at age eighteen, he withdrew his inheritance money from the bank and went to live and study in Vienna. -
His test drawings were judged unsatisfactory
His test drawings were judged unsatisfactory and he was not admitted. Hitler was badly shaken by this rejection. -
His mother dies of breast cancer
As the festive Christmas season approached in December 1907, she was near death. In the early hours of December 21st, amid the glowing lights of the family's Christmas tree, she died quietly. -
Moves to Vienna
Hitler once again set his sights on Vienna and the art academy. He moved there in February 1908. -
first trip to Vienna
In the Spring of 1906, at age seventeen, Hitler took his first trip to Vienna, capital city of the empire and one of the world's most important centers of art, music and old-world European culture. -
Hitler leaves Vienna
Hitler resolved to take the painting school entrance exam again next year. Now, feeling quite depressed, Hitler left Vienna and returned home where his beloved mother was now dying from cancer, making matters even worse. -
Fails for the second time to get in the Academy of Fine Arts
In October 1908, Hitler tried for the second time to gain admission to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. However, his test drawings were judged as so poor that he was not even allowed to take the formal exam. -
moved into a homless shelter
In December of 1909, freezing and half starved, he moved into a homeless shelter.
