
Greatest war in history was fought over them. Unfortunately for civilisation, Hitler's ideas of servitude andįreedom were somewhat different from that of most others. This vision or revelation never left him. Hitler declared in a frenzy of feverish rhetoric that he would in theįuture receive a mandate from the people to lead them out of servitude to the heights of freedom. Perhaps the defining moment in Hitler's life occurred after heĪnd Kubizek had attended an opera by Wagner, and had climbed to the Study regime, his pitiful existence in Vienna and other facets of hisĮarly life that still occupy the minds of many a psychologist. With German nationalism, his artistic endeavours, his self-directed Teenage Hitler's crush on "Stephanie", his involvement One, however, acted asĪ character witness at Hitler's 1924 trial. Hitler's unhappy school days are also explored in depth with few Worrying about inbreeding rather than ancestral Jewish blood. Were "like a volcano erupting," a portent for things to come.Īs the legendary English grandmother was moved to comment just beforeĪs most know, Hitler's childhood was not a happy one, and theĪuthor explores his family background that should have left Hitler Moment with passion and rhetorical gestures. The young Hitler was interested in everythingĪnd was impelled to express himself fluently on the subject of the Kubizek records many of Hitler's behaviour patterns andįamily background that goes a long way to explaining subsequentīehaviour in later years. Upholsterer, though opposites in so many personality traits, becameįriends. The unemployed but visionary Hitler and the apprentice Kubizek and Hitler met through their love of music and The only friend of the slightly younger Adolf Hitler in the town of The author, as a teenager, was, between the years 19, Omissions and deficiencies in translation from the German. This new edition catches up with previous This work, originally published in German in 1953, hasīeen through many editions. With the epitome of evil in the form of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party It seems the fascination of today's inhabitants of the earth The young Hitler I knew, Greenhill Books, Lond,Ģ006. The Young Hitler I Knew." Retrieved from 2006 Military Historical Society of Australia 28 May. The Young Hitler I Knew." The Free Library.
