20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Adolf Hitler

8. Three Of His Six Siblings Died When He Was A Child

Hitler Baby
Wikimedia Commons, Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst - Zentralbild

Hitler was far from an only child - in fact, he had six siblings, four of whom died before his 25th birthday. Three of them actually died when he was still an infant - their names were Gustav, Ida, and Otto. Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl's fourth child was named Adolf - and he was the one who went on to become infamous.

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