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Alois Hitler, an older man with a large mustache and receding hair, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, poses for a formal portrait.
The Führer's father Alois Hitler was an Austrian civil servant and the father of Adolf Hitler.

Alois Hitler

Father of Adolf Hitler
Also known as: Alois Hiedler, Alois Schicklgruber
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Estela Morais Westphalen
Estela Morais Westphalen was an Editorial Intern for Encyclopaedia Britannica. Estela graduated from Brown University with a Master's in Public Affairs and a bachelor's degree magna cum laude...
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Among the millions of words written about Adolf Hitler, very few words have been dedicated to his father, Alois Hitler. Some of the most telling, however, were penned by his son, writing in Mein Kampf in 1925, “I never loved my father, but feared him.” Alois Hitler was born Alois Schicklgruber in 1837 to a 42-year-old unwed housemaid Maria Anna Schicklgruber. His baptismal register does not name his father, but he was raised by two...

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