20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Adolf Hitler

19. Hitler Lived In Homeless Shelters For A Period

Hitler Artwork
Public Domain, Adolf Hitler

During his teens, Hitler dreamed of being an artist, and was twice rejected from Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts (in both 1907 and 1908) due to "his unfitness for painting". Following his second rejection, Hitler remained in Vienna and tried to make a living out of selling his paintings but - partly due to their poor quality and partly due to his lack of resources - he quickly ran out of money.

This forced Hitler, as a young adult, to revert to dossing in homeless shelters in Vienna and - whenever he sold a painting - he would occasionally spend the night in a hostel instead.

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