Hitler_The Untold Story

By Age 18, Hitler Was a Homeless Orphan:

             Hitler's father, Alois, was married three times, and it was the third marriage, to Karla, that produced Adolf. Alois was already in his fifties and uninterested in raising more children, so the two had a combative relationship. Alois was a heavy drinker, cared more about his hobby of beekeeping than raising children, and would beat both Adolf and his older son, Alois, Jr.

Alois died in 1903, leaving Hitler's mother a small pension. In 1907, when the dictator was only 18, Hitler's mother died - crushing him emotionally and leaving him a homeless orphan. 

He likely forged his anti-semitism in the drifting, shiftless years between his mother's death and his moving to Munich in 1913.

Slept a lot:

Adolf Hitler In Landsberg Prison

Next time you’re told off for staying in bed until 11 o’clock, just tell the one complaining that you’ll be a world leader one day because Hitler often woke at this time. Really, he did. Suffering from insomnia, it was quite normal for him to be up, busying himself by pacing diagonally in his room, giving himself (medical) enemas, or some other peculiar habit of his. The reported regular bedtime for him was around four or five in the morning. This is surprising given the success of his missions, but not altogether useless as a leader, for it teaches people to live around blades

Afraid of blades:

                       

If it is true that he liked to be dominated, then this next Hitler quirk is a very curious counterpart: he was afraid of blades in other people’s hands to the point of feeling terrified during haircuts. This must stem from paranoia that many people wanted to take his life (which they did). For the same reason, he always shaved himself, just in case. It’s really another exhibition of his weakness — apparent by simply looking at his frame — but it really is wonderful to imagine Hitler screaming on the barber’s chair as if he were at the dentist.

 He was a high school dropout:
               He was a high school dropout. Not only that, but he repeated his sixth year and was rejected twice from art school. This takes the phrase “Hitler’s stupid” to a very different place. While absolutely agreeing that the man’s coming into power and the entire regime is stupid (in that ridiculous, horribly absurd way), there was a genius to his craft of speech to make people believe not only the insane things he claimed, but also that they could be achieved. That craft? As an orator. The root of a dictator is shared with dictate: a speaking role, a perforvegetarian

Hitler was a vegetarian:
         If you’ve invited Hitler for dinner it might be good to ask whether he has any special dietary requirements. He does; Hitler was a vegetarian. It would then be an opportune time to ask yourself what you’re doing inviting a genocidal lunatic into your house, onto your table, to eat off of your forks.

Chances are, he’s not interested in joining you for the Hare Krishna hiking weekend, but he did see (after Richard Wagner) vegetarianism as bridging a spiritual divide. Supposedly, he saw the future of Germany as vegetarian — a long way from the knockwurst we know and love .