The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich
A Fascinating Insight Into Hitler's Character

August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they competed for standing room at the opera. Kubizek describes a reticent young man, painfully shy, yet capable of bursting into hysterical fits of anger if anyone disagreed with him. But they grew close, often talking for hours on end. In 1908, they began sharing an apartment in Vienna. After being rejected twice from art school, Hitler found himself sinking into an unkind world of “constant unappeasable hunger.” Kubizek did not meet his friend again until he congratulated him on becoming Chancellor of Germany. The Young Hitler I Knew tells the story of an extraordinary friendship, and gives fascinating insight into Hitler’s character during these formative years.
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The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich
A Fascinating Insight Into Hitler's Character

August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they competed for standing room at the opera. Kubizek describes a reticent young man, painfully shy, yet capable of bursting into hysterical fits of anger if anyone disagreed with him. But they grew close, often talking for hours on end. In 1908, they began sharing an apartment in Vienna. After being rejected twice from art school, Hitler found himself sinking into an unkind world of “constant unappeasable hunger.” Kubizek did not meet his friend again until he congratulated him on becoming Chancellor of Germany. The Young Hitler I Knew tells the story of an extraordinary friendship, and gives fascinating insight into Hitler’s character during these formative years.
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The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich

The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich

by August Kubizek
The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich

The Young Hitler I Knew: A Boyhood Friend Recounts Growing Up with the Future Fuhrer of the Third Reich

by August Kubizek

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A Fascinating Insight Into Hitler's Character

August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they competed for standing room at the opera. Kubizek describes a reticent young man, painfully shy, yet capable of bursting into hysterical fits of anger if anyone disagreed with him. But they grew close, often talking for hours on end. In 1908, they began sharing an apartment in Vienna. After being rejected twice from art school, Hitler found himself sinking into an unkind world of “constant unappeasable hunger.” Kubizek did not meet his friend again until he congratulated him on becoming Chancellor of Germany. The Young Hitler I Knew tells the story of an extraordinary friendship, and gives fascinating insight into Hitler’s character during these formative years.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510762633
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 02/16/2021
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they were both competing for standing room at the opera.  Their mutual passion for music created a strong bond, and over the next four years they became close friends.  He and Hitler shared a flat in Vienna for almost a year.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 7

Introduction Ian Kershaw 9

Original Publisher's Foreword 19

Author's Introduction - My Decision and Justification 21

Chapter 1 First Meeting 23

Chapter 2 Growth of a Friendship 29

Chapter 3 Portrait of the Young Hider 36

Chapter 4 Portrait of His Mother 44

Chapter 5 Portrait of His Father 51

Chapter 6 Adolf's Schooldays 58

Chapter 7 Stefanie 66

Chapter 8 Enthusiasm for Richard Wagner 76

Chapter 9 Hider the Young Volksdeutscher 87

Chapter 10 Adolf Rebuilds Linz 96

Chapter 11 'In That Hour It Began …" 116

Chapter 12 Adolf Leaves for Vienna 120

Chapter 13 His Mother's Death 132

Chapter14 'Come with Me, Gustl!' 141

Chapter 15 No. 29 Stumpergasse 150

Chapter 16 Adolf Rebuilds Vienna 162

Chapter 17 Solitary Reading and Study 174

Chapter 18 Nights at the Opera 183

Chapter 19 Adolf Writes an Opera 189

Chapter 20 The Mobile Reich s-Orchestra 196

Chapter 21 Unmilitary Interlude 204

Chapter 22 Adolf's Attitude to Sex 212

Chapter 23 Political Awakening 222

Chapter 24 The Lost Friendship 232

Chapter 25 My Subsequent Life and Reunion with My Friend 243

Index 261

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