Some interesting facts about the rise of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was one of the most influential and notorious dictators of the 20th century. Also known as ‘Der Fürher’ (German: The Leader), he was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, a small Australian town near the Austro German Frontier. He spent his childhood in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. His father, Alois retired from a state customs service. Alois died in 1903, not wanting to follow his father’s footprints he pursued his dream of being an artist but was rejected from Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts.