HISTORICAL PERSONS
ADOLF HITLER
Lacking money outside of an orphan's pension and funds from selling postcards, he stayed in
homeless shelters. Hitler later pointed to these years as the time when he first cultivated his anti-
Semitism, though there is some debate about this account.
In 1913, Hitler relocated to Munich. At the outbreak of World War I, he applied to serve in the
German army. He was accepted in August 1914, though he was still an Austrian citizen.
Although Hitler spent much of his time away from the front lines (with some reports that his
recollections of his time on the field were generally exaggerated), he was present at a number of
significant battles and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He was decorated for bravery,
receiving the Iron Cross First Class and the Black Wound Badge.