Unknown facts - 1

It is really exciting for me to write about one of the most cruel personalities ever known, " ADOLF HITLER". He is well known as leader of Nazis. Though he was referred so cruel, he was well admired for his discipline and leadership qualities. It may be hard but one has to accept the fact that Hitler was one of the greatest leaders ever lived. 

Here I would like to disclose some interesting facts about Adolf Hitler.

• Hitler's name would have been "Adolf Schicklgruber". His name was changed to Hitler in 1877.
• He was born in Austria and was given German citizenship in 1932.
• He was saved by a priest from drowning when he was four.
• As a child, Hitler wanted to be a priest.
• As a child, Hitler's dream was to become a famous artist. He applied twice to the Vienna Academy of Art but was denied entrance both times.
  
  
  
  
  


• Hitler had a portrait of Henry Ford behind his desk regarding him as an inspiration.
• Hitler was a vegetarian. It is believed he gave up eating meat after witnessing an autopsy. He planned to reduce German society's meat consumption after the war ended.
• There was a Jewish-Austrian doctor who didn't charge Hitler's family due to their economic hardship.Hitler had him protected and called him Noble Jew.
• Hitler suffered from ailurophobia, the fear of cats.
• In 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freudall lived within a few miles of each other in Vienna, with some of them being regulars at the same coffeehouses.
• Hitler never learned to drive. Yet, he spearheaded the development of the Volkswagen car.
  
• Hitler suffered chronic flatulence and took 28 different drugs to fight it.
• Hitler was an insomniac. He would work until 4 or 5 am and would typically get up around 11 am. It was believed that Hitler had Parkinson's Disease which can cause insomnia.
• Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history. He was a gentleman!

German's anti-smoking ad

• Hitler loved sweets. He was known to consume 2 pounds of chocolate a day.
• Its hard to believe but Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. 
• In 1938, Hitler was TIME Magazine's Man of the Year. OMG!
  
• Hitler's girlfriend Eva Braun tried to commit suicide twice before finally taking her life beside Hitler after marrying him. She was not remorseful of the monster she was involved with but attempted it twice to get more attention from him.
  
• This one is surely epic, Both Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden were announced dead on May 1.

-Sudhanvi Vellala