Hitler's Life On the evening of April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in the village of Braunau Am in Austria. Nobody knew he would grow up and someday lead a movement that would hurt many families. Throughout his early days Adolf’s mother feared loosing him. She paid a lot of attention to him and cared very much for him. Baby Adolf’s nickname was Adi. When he was about five in 1893 his brother Edmund was born. In 1896, his sister Paula was born. In 1895 Adolf entered the first grade. He went to school in the village of Fischlham. HITLER’S BOYHOOD At age six , the days of doing nothing and sitting around stopped when he entered School. His fath