How Did Hitler Become Evil

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People aren’t born evil, they become evil throughout the years. This is true even for an evil dictator such as Adolf Hitler. People always question what made him become so evil but they need to understand that he was influenced by his childhood, relationships, position of leadership, and beliefs.
It started as early as Hitler’s childhood, from not having a good relationship with his father to having been rejected as an artist. On April 20, 1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria, welcomed to the world, the infamous Adolf Hitler. His parents, Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl had a total of six children with Hitler being their fourth. Hitler and his father did not get along very much after his father found out Hitler had an interest in fine arts. After the

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