#Unknown Hitler

Hitler’s dream was to be an artist

A far cry from the life he ended up leading, but Adolf Hitler had dreamed of becoming an artist early on in life.

In both 1907 and 1908 he applied to the Vienna Academy of Art but was turned down on both occasions. Towards the end of 1908, not long after his second application had been rejected, his mother Klara died after suffering from breast cancer.

This was something which Adolf Hitler struggled to deal with, and he spent four years on the streets of Vienna, using his artistic skills to get by as he attempted to sell his artwork to passers-by.