20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Adolf Hitler

16. Shicklgruber Was His Original Family Name

Alois Hitler
Wikimedia Commons, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler is the name that has come to be synonymous with the murder of six million Jewish people - yet it could so easily have been Adolf Shicklgruber instead.

The name "Hitler" was only taken by Adolf's father, Alois, in 1876 so that he could become legitimised. In fact, the name "Hitler" could also be spelled as "Hüttler", "Huettler", or even "Hiedler".

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