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1889
 
     
Adolf Hitler is born in Braunau am Inn, in Austria, the son of Alois and Klara        
1903
 
   
Alois Hitler, violent, feared and greatly disliked by his son Adolf, dies      
Alois Hitler, photograph c.1860 (Wikimedia)


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1905
 
    
Hitler moves to Vienna, hoping to be a painter, but is twice rejected as a student by the Academy of Fine Arts       
1907
 
   
Hitler's mother Klara, to whom he was devoted, dies at the age of forty-seven      
Klara Hitler, photograph c.1860 (Wikimedia)


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1908
 
   
Without financial support from his mother, Hitler ekes out a meagre living painting postcards and advertisements      
1913
 
   
Hitler moves to Munich to begin a new life, and in an attempt to avoid Austrian military service      
1914
 
   
Summoned to Austria for military service, Hitler is rejected as being physically unfit      
1914
 
    
On the outbreak of war, Hitler applies to join the German army and is enlisted in the Sixteenth Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment       
1914
 
    
In action as a front-line HQ runner Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class, for bravery       
1916
 
    
Hitler is wounded in the leg at the Battle of the Somme