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HITLER'S FAMILY: IN THE SHADOW OF THE DICTATOR -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY

His father died in 1903 after a visit to the pub.


 

Four years later his mother Klara died too of cancer.



[Timothy Ryback, Historian] The thing that summarizes Hitler's relationship to his parents best is the one sentence in Mein Kampf where he says, "I respected my father, but I loved my mother." In fact, the word "respect" is the key element there, because that is what ultimately shaped Adolf Hitler's character and made him who he was.



[Narrator] After Klara's death, Hitler went to Vienna where he tried, unsuccessfully, to become an artist.

He felt misunderstood even by his brother and his sisters. They thought he was deluding himself.