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The Irony of History

In 1907. the young Adolf Hitler moved from Linz, his birthtown, to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. His goal was to enter the Academy of Fine Arts and to become an artist, but he was rejected. The director later-on stated that, though Adolf showed some talent in drawing landscapes and buildings, he was uncapable of drawing human beings.

Soon Hitler ran out of money and he joined the “army” of the homeless in the Austrian capital. In the winter he slept in a shelter, in summer on parkbenches and in railway-stations. During the daytime he painted and drew pictures of the magnificent architecture in Vienna. Hitler tried to sell them to tourists, but with little success. Fortunately 3 Viennese artdealers (Jewish!) accepted ad sold his work. It was not enough to rent a room, so the future Fuhrer, frequentely used the homeless-shelter. Here he got befriended with Jews again, young men who volunteered in the shelter.

One of them, Josef Neumann, a Hungarian Jew, even saved his life. In one of the fierce Austrian winters, Hitler lost his coat and had no money to replace it. Josef Neumann bought him one. If not, Adolf Hitler would not have survived the freezing cold.

Later on his life, Hitler blamed the Jews for his rejection from the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts.

“A conspiracy the Jews will regret.”