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Alois (Latinized Aloysius) is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs ( French ), Aloys ( German ), Alois ( Czech ), Alojz ( Slovak , Slovenian , Croatian ), Alojzy ( Polish ), Aloísio ( Portuguese , Spanish , Italian ), Alajos ( Hungarian ), and Aloyzas ( Lithuanian ).
Alois Hitler was born Alois Schicklgruber in the hamlet of Strones, a parish of Döllersheim in the Waldviertel of northwest Lower Austria; his mother was a 42-year-old unmarried peasant Maria Schicklgruber, whose family had lived in the area for generations.
It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s.
Alois wanted his son Adolf to seek a career with the civil service. According to various interpretations, Adolf disliked the thought of a career spent enforcing petty rules, and was perhaps so alienated from his father that he was repulsed by whatever Alois wanted. Alois tried to intimidate his son into obedience, but Adolf refused.
Schicklgruber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alois Schicklgruber, better known as Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant and the father of Adolf Hitler
Alois tried to browbeat his son into obedience, while Adolf did his best to be the opposite of whatever his father wanted. [24] Alois would also beat his son, although his mother tried to protect him from regular beatings. [25] Alois Hitler's farming efforts at Hafeld ended in failure, and in 1897 the family moved to Lambach.
Alois Alzheimer (/ ˈ æ l t s h aɪ m ər / ALTS-hy-mər, US also / ˈ ɑː l t s-, ˈ ɔː l t s-/ AHLTS-, AWLTS-, [1] [2] German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin.
Alois Bachschmid, often mistakenly spelled Bachschmidt (13 June 1900 in Augsburg – 21 August 1968 in Bolzano), was a German politician and early member of the Nazi ...