Life was financially comfortable for the Hitler family but Alois was a domineering character and young Adolf frequently found himself on the wrong side of his father's short temper. At primary ...

Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker. For more on Adolf Hitler, visit the website of another AMERICAN EXPERIENCE program, America and the Holocaust.

AT the present juncture, when the followers of Adolf Hitler ... the young Hitler. Left an orphan at seventeen, he removed from the neighborhood of Linz, where most of his previous life had been ...

and underpinned his ideas. To find out more about Jewish life in pre-war Europe, read this guide. Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria, in 1889. Growing up, he aspired to be an artist.