Early Years
After the death of Hitler’s brutal father he moved to Vienna, using his father’s inheritance. In Vienna he hoped to pursue his dream in art, however Hitler’s applications were rejected. Not long after Adolf’s life continued to degrade when he lost his mother at aged 18, due to cancer. Witnesses have said Hitler went through great depression and spent many hours sketching his mother’s dead body. With no work, no money and in deep triumph Hitler spent his time painting post cards that he hoped to sell. It was around this stage in his life, 1908 that Hitler began to develop hatred for the Jews. There is many various reason reported as to why Adolf hated the Jews. Some say Hitler suspected it was a Jew professor who rejected his applications. He was persuaded that it was a Jew doctor who caused the death of his mother. By …show more content…
Hitler was in the Austrian Army for four years, he was awarded two iron crosses for bravery. Adolf went through two tragic injuries while he was at war, the first one occurred October 19916. Hitler was wounded by a grenade splinter. Another major injury Hitler went through was on October 13, 1918 was from a gas attack which caused him to be temporarily blind. During the time Hitler was injured Germany surrendered. Hitler was full of anger and felt that Germany had been “stabbed in the back” by their