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40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

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The house in Leonding in Austria where Hitler spent his early adolescence. Photo taken in July 2012 by Kim Traynor/Wikimedia Commons.

37. He Lost Contact With His Entire Family

Following his mother’s death in 1907, Hitler moved to Vienna to work as a watercolor painter, but he was rejected from the art academies there. He lost all contact with his siblings. Living off of a paltry orphan’s pension, he spent much of his early adult life in homeless shelters.

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