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'''August (Gustl) Kubizek''' (] ] ] – ]) was a close friend and later shared a room in Vienna of ]. After leaving school he apprenticed as an ] in his father's business, but his true passion was for music {{mn|LotharMachtan|1}} (p. 2 & p.31) and he went on to study music at the Vienna ]. Hitler broke off the friendship after he was denied entrance into Vienna's art academy. Kubizek then became conductor of the orchestra of the Austrian town of Marburg on the ] in ]. This town became ] in ] in ]. '''August (Gustl) Kubizek''' (] ] ] – ]) was a close friend and later room mate in Vienna of ]. Kubizek studied music at the Vienna ]. Hitler broke off the friendship after he was denied entrance into Vienna's art academy. Kubizek then became conductor of the orchestra of the Austrian town of ] on the ] in ]. This town became ] in ] in ].


From late ] Kubizek served as a reservist of the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 2. Upon demobilisation in November 1918 Kubizek accepted a position as an official in the municipal council of ] in ] and music became his hobby. From late ] Kubizek served as a reservist of the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 2. Upon demobilisation in November 1918 Kubizek accepted a position as an official in the municipal council of ] in ] and music became his hobby.


In 1938 the ]s commissioned Kubizek to write about his youth with Hitler. He produced two short booklets called ''Reminiscences''. In 1953 Kubizek used these as the basis for a book titled '']'' (English title: ''Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship''). ] author and ] ] {{mn|BrigitteHamann|2}} claimed parts of the book had been fabricated and other scholars such as ] professor and historian ] have also questioned the book's accuracy and called it a whitewash. For example, Kubizek wrote that Hitler had a great love for a girl named Stefanie and wrote her love poems but never sent them. Hitler biographer John Toland noted that years later, when Stefanie learned she had been the object of Hitler's affection, she was stunned. In 1938 the ]s commissioned Kubizek to write about his youth with Hitler. He produced two short booklets called ''Reminiscences''. In 1953 Kubizek used these as the basis for a book titled '']'' (English title: ''Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship''). Historian ] claimed parts of the book had been fabricated and some scholars have questioned its accuracy, although others have cited portions of it. For example, Kubizek wrote that Hitler had a great love for a girl named Stefanie and wrote her love poems but never sent them. Hitler biographer John Toland noted that years later, when Stefanie learned she had been the object of Hitler's affection, she was stunned.


⚫ ], in his book '']'' cites a letter dated August 4, 1933, six months after Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, in which he wrote his boyhood friend, "I should be very glad . . . to revive once more with you those memories of the best years of my life."
According to a theory by Professor Machtan, which he explained in his book '']'', August Kubizek had a ] relationship with ]. Both Brigitte Hamann and Professor Machtan wrote that after meeting Hitler during the latter part of 1905, the two quickly became close friends and lived together, sharing a small room they rented on the Stumpergasse in Vienna. In ''Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship'', Kubizek wrote that during their time together Hitler "always rejected the coquettish advances of girls or women. Women and girls took an interest in him in ] as well as ], but he always evaded their endeavors." Kubizek also wrote that Hitler had a great love for a girl named "Stefanie" and wrote her countless love poems but never sent them. Instead, Kubizek says Hitler read his poem "Hymn to the Beloved" to him. Professor Machtan stated that while the Stefanie girl definitely existed, some of Kubizek's 1953 writing was a deliberate "heterosexualizing" of Hitler in retrospect (p. 43).


⚫ They subsequently met on several occassions. Kubizek saw Hitler for the last time on ] 23, ]. In the epilogue of his book Kubizek revealed he joined the ] in ]. He also wrote, "Even though I, a fundamentally unpolitical individual, had always kept aloof from the political events of the period which ended forever in 1945, nevertheless no power on earth could compel me to deny my friendship with Adolf Hitler."
Professor Machtan's book quotes Kubizek's own writings about Hitler. Kubizek wrote that he and Hitler had swiftly "become transformed into a profound, romanceromantically transfigured friendship" and Kubizek also wrote that Hitler watched jealously over him and that Hitler said "because I cannot endure it when you consort and converse with other young people." He could never bear the idea that Kubizek "was interested in other people ..." (p. 37)


==Lothar Machtan==
⚫ Such was the intimacy of Kubizek and Hitler that according to ] in his book '']'' (p. 14), in a letter dated August 4, 1933, six months after he became ], Hitler wrote his boyhood friend, August Kubizek: "I should be very glad . . . to revive once more with you those memories of the best years of my life."
⚫ It has been speculated by German author and history professor ] that Kubizek carried out a homosexual relationship with Hitler but this claim is wholly unsupported and is widely dismissed by mainstream scholarship. Machtan himself admits that the evidence for this is merely "circumstantial."


==See Also==
⚫ They subsequently met on several occassions. Kubizek saw Hitler for the last time on ] 23, ]. In the epilogue of his book Kubizek revealed he joined the ] in ]. He also wrote, "Even though I, a fundamentally unpolitical individual, had always kept aloof from the political events of the period which ended forever in 1945, nevertheless no power on earth could compel me to deny my friendship with Adolf Hitler."
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⚫ It has been speculated by historian ] that Kubizek carried out a homosexual relationship with Hitler but this claim is wholly unsupported and is unanimously dismissed by mainstream scholarship.
==Reference== ==Reference==
⚫ *'']'' - ] (1953) & (2002) ISBN 370200971X - English translation: ''Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship'' (1955) & (1976)
==References==
⚫ *'']'' - ] (1960) ] ISBN 0671728695 (1990 30th Anniversary edition)
* {{mnb|LotharMachtan |1}} ]. '']''. 2001. Basic Books. ISBN 0465043089.
* {{mnb|BrigitteHamann|2}} ] ''Hitler's Vienna : A Dictator's Apprenticeship''. 1999. ] ISBN: 0195140532
⚫ * '']'' - ] (1953) & (2002) ISBN 370200971X - English translation: ''Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship'' (1955) & (1976)
⚫ * '']'' - ] (1960) ] ISBN 0671728695 (1990 30th Anniversary edition)




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August Kubizek, 1907

August (Gustl) Kubizek (3 August 1888 Linz – 1956) was a close friend and later room mate in Vienna of Adolf Hitler. Kubizek studied music at the Vienna Conservatory. Hitler broke off the friendship after he was denied entrance into Vienna's art academy. Kubizek then became conductor of the orchestra of the Austrian town of Marburg on the Drau in 1914. This town became Maribor in Slovenia in 1918.

From late 1914-1918 Kubizek served as a reservist of the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 2. Upon demobilisation in November 1918 Kubizek accepted a position as an official in the municipal council of Eferding in Upper Austria and music became his hobby.

In 1938 the Nazis commissioned Kubizek to write about his youth with Hitler. He produced two short booklets called Reminiscences. In 1953 Kubizek used these as the basis for a book titled Adolf Hitler, mein Jugendfreund (English title: Young Hitler, the Story of Our Friendship). Historian Brigitte Hamann claimed parts of the book had been fabricated and some scholars have questioned its accuracy, although others have cited portions of it. For example, Kubizek wrote that Hitler had a great love for a girl named Stefanie and wrote her love poems but never sent them. Hitler biographer John Toland noted that years later, when Stefanie learned she had been the object of Hitler's affection, she was stunned.

William L. Shirer, in his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich cites a letter dated August 4, 1933, six months after Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, in which he wrote his boyhood friend, "I should be very glad . . . to revive once more with you those memories of the best years of my life."

They subsequently met on several occassions. Kubizek saw Hitler for the last time on July 23, 1940. In the epilogue of his book Kubizek revealed he joined the NSDAP in 1942. He also wrote, "Even though I, a fundamentally unpolitical individual, had always kept aloof from the political events of the period which ended forever in 1945, nevertheless no power on earth could compel me to deny my friendship with Adolf Hitler."

Lothar Machtan

It has been speculated by German author and history professor Lothar Machtan that Kubizek carried out a homosexual relationship with Hitler but this claim is wholly unsupported and is widely dismissed by mainstream scholarship. Machtan himself admits that the evidence for this is merely "circumstantial."

See Also

Adolf Hitler's sexual orientation

Reference


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