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Alois Hitler (né Schicklgruber) was an Austrian customs officer and the father of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. He was born out of wedlock and his biological father is uncertain, but he legally changed his name to Hitler in 1876.
The father of Adolf Hitler, Alois Hitler was a domineering, unforgiving husband who often beat his wife and his children — leading his son to despise him. One summer day in a small Austrian village, an unmarried 42-year-old peasant woman gave birth to a baby boy.
Alois Schicklgruber (Adolf's father) changed his surname on 7 January 1877 to "Hitler" (derived from that of his deceased stepfather, Johann Georg Hiedler), which was the only form of the last name that his son Adolf used. [2]
Adolf Hitler's father Alois Schicklgruber had two wives before Adolf's mother. The first, Anna Glassl-Hörer (1823–1883) he married in October 1873. Anna became an invalid soon after the marriage, in 1880 she filed for a separation, and she died three years later.
Alois Hitler was the illegitimate father of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader who started World War II and the Holocaust. He was born with the name Schicklgruber, but later adopted the surname Hitler in 1876.
Alois Hitler Sr, was an Austrian civil servant best known as the father of Adolf Hitler, the German dictator. Though Alois’ name is inextricably linked with his son’s, Alois himself was a careerist who began his life in a humble household.
Hitler's father, Alois Hitler (1837–1903), was the illegitimate child of Maria Schicklgruber. [4] The baptismal register did not show the name of his father, and Alois initially bore his mother's surname, "Schicklgruber". In 1842, Johann Georg Hiedler married Alois's mother.
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was born on April 20, 1889, in the Upper Austrian border town Braunau am Inn, located approximately 65 miles east of Munich and nearly 30 miles north of Salzburg. He was baptized a Catholic. His father, Alois Hitler (1837–1903), was a mid-level customs official.
Hitler’s father, Alois (born 1837), was illegitimate. For a time he bore his mother’s name, Schicklgruber, but by 1876 he had established his family claim to the surname Hitler. Adolf never used any other surname. Early life
Adolf Hitler was born Adolf Schicklgruber in 1889, but his father changed his surname to Hitler in 1876. Learn more about his family, his middle name, and his possible Jewish roots from this...