On This Day January 3

Adolf Hitler's father Alois Hitler died on January 3, 1903. Alois Hitler was a petty clerk in the Austrian Customs Service. Adolf's mother Klara Pölzl, was Alois' niece and third wife. Their marriage was not a happy one. In Mein Kampf, Hitler described his father as an irascible tyrant; however, there is little indication that Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time and place. "My father I respected, my mother I loved." he wrote.

Alois Hitler

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