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| '''Alois Hitler''' (June 7, 1837 - January 3, 1903), was the father of ]. Born '''"Aloys Schicklgruber,"''' he changed his legal name by use of deception when he was 39 years old. | '''Alois Hitler''' (June 7, 1837 - January 3, 1903), was the father of ]. Born '''"Aloys Schicklgruber<sup>]</sup>,"''' he changed his legal name by use of deception when he was 39 years old. | ||
| He was a minor customs official who had been born to an unmarried woman, ]. As a young man he used his birthname, but in 1876, Alois took on his step-father's surname by misleading the church into declaring him the legal son of Johann Georg Hiedler. | He was a minor customs official who had been born to an unmarried woman, ]. As a young man he used his birthname, but in 1876, Alois took on his step-father's surname by misleading the church into declaring him the legal son of Johann Georg Hiedler. | ||
| ==Notes== | |||
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| <sup>1</sup>Sometimes spelled "Schickelgruber" | |||
| ==References== | |||
| *Fest, Joachim C. ''Hitler'' Verlag Ullstein, 1973 ISBN 0-15-141650-8 | |||
| *Kershaw, Ian ''Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris'' W W Norton, 1999 ISBN 0-393-04671-0 | |||
Revision as of 15:38, 21 May 2004
Alois Hitler (June 7, 1837 - January 3, 1903), was the father of Adolf Hitler. Born "Aloys Schicklgruber," he changed his legal name by use of deception when he was 39 years old.
He was a minor customs official who had been born to an unmarried woman, Maria Schicklgruber. As a young man he used his birthname, but in 1876, Alois took on his step-father's surname by misleading the church into declaring him the legal son of Johann Georg Hiedler.
Notes
Sometimes spelled "Schickelgruber"
References
- Fest, Joachim C. Hitler Verlag Ullstein, 1973 ISBN 0-15-141650-8
- Kershaw, Ian Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris W W Norton, 1999 ISBN 0-393-04671-0