Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria, of German descent. His father Alois was the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber. In middle age Alois took the name Hitler from his paternal grandfather. After two wives had died Alois married his foster daughter, Klara Poelzi, a Bavarian, 23 years younger than he. She became Adolf's mother. Adolf was raised as a spoiled child by his doting mother. It was she who protected him from the wrath of his father. He consistently failed in his schooling only to grow up a half educated young man, untrained for a…
