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Who Were Adolf Hitler’s Parents?
The often ignored family of the world’s worst dictator
Adolf Hitler is one of the most infamous and iconic figures in all of human history. Everything about him, including his choice of mustache, love of German Shepherds, background as a failed artist, ruthless rise to power, speech patterns, and military cunning, has been examined and reexamined time and time again by a fascinated and horrified public.
In spite of all of the information and documentary attention that Hitler receives on a mass scale, very little is talked about his parents. In a day and age where everyone including participants on television shows such as Intervention and Hoarders gets full parental background checks, this stands out as odd.
Who were Adolf Hitler’s parents? Did the way he was raised have any bearing on the final outcome of his character? Were they alive to see their son become a monster?
Alois Schicklgruber, father
Adolf Hitler’s father was an illegitimate child who was born Alois Schicklgruber. Alois’s father was never known so he, presumably, took his mother’s surname of…
