Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). His family moved to Germany when he was 3 years old. Hitler applied twice to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna but was rejected both times. During World War 1, Hitler served in the German army and was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. After the war, Hitler took up work as a laborer and speaker for the German Workers' Party. He became chairman of the party in 1921 and used his oratory skills to grow the party, later renamed the Nazi Party. Hitler was imprisoned for attempting to overthrow the German government in 1923 but used this time