Hitler At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official, Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara. Adolf was a brilliant man, but he used his wisdom not for better, but for worse. As a young boy Adolf attended church regularly and sang in the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty good student. He received good grades in most of his classes. However, in his last year of school he failed German and Mathematics, and only passed in Gym and Drawing.