Adolf Hitler
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ADOLF HITLER
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in a small inn in Austria. His father was a customs officer until he retired to become a farmer and beekeeper. Adolf spent his early years in provincial towns. He was subject to much abuse from his father because he defiantly refused to become part of the customs service and be "stuck in a stool his whole life filling out forms." He had aspirations of becoming a famous artist, and did not want to become a simple "prole" as he saw his father, despite his relative success at what he did.
In his lifetime, Hitler went from literally begging on city streets to becoming the "Messiah" of sixty-seven million people. It is not an exaggeration to say that he almost took over the world. He pretended to be infallible and in a psychotic way may even have believed himself to be. He often compared himself to Christ,...