JWST 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hitler Family, Glossary Of Tennis Terms, Antisemitism
Document Summary
There are a lot of rumours and allegations about hitler. The father of hitler did him one of the biggest favours, they had a difficult relationship and according to hitler the one thing that he was thankful for was the fact he changed the family name. Before adolf was born the last name of the hitler family was. Many historians point out it was a convenient change. Hitler"s family was from a peasant background where they lived in lower. Alois and clara were actually related, clara was alois"s second cousin. For them to be married, they had to obtain special exemption from the. The exemption was granted because clara was already pregnant when they requested it. Alois was the first to climb the social ladder and bring the hitler family out of the peasant background. He was hired as a clerk in the austrian minister of finance which provided a steady income and they lived a comfortable life.
