This paper will discuss the Adlerian framework of superiority striving, life style, and birth order of Adolph Hitler. Adolph Hitler was one of history's most notorious dictators. He was not only the founder and leader of the Nazi Party but the most influential voice in the organization. He was responsible for the start of World War II and for the implementation and execution of the Holocaust by methodically exterminating nearly eleven million people (History, 2015). .
Hitler's early years were unpleasant. He was born in Branau am Inn, Austria. When he was three years old, the family relocated to Germany. Adolf's younger brother, Edmund, died in 1900. Edmund's death had a major impact on him leaving him detached and introverted. Hitler's father was strict and authoritative where his mother was indulging and loving. His father disapproved of Hitler's dream of becoming an artist and wanted him to work as a civil servant in Habsburg, which led to his deep hostile feelings for his father. Hitler's early interests included art and in German nationalism, rejecting the Austria-Hungary authority. The German nationalism would be the motivating force of Hitler's life (bio, 2015). .
Hitler was a poor student and dropped out of school at the age of fifteen. After his father's death, Hitler moved to Vienna to pursue his interest in art. He applied to the Vienna Academy of the Arts twice and was rejected both times. He remained in Vienna, living in poverty working as a common laborer and a watercolor painter until 1913 when he moved to Munich (History, 2015). He fought in World War I, gained the rank of corporal, and won several awards for bravery. His desire to be a successful soldier ended when Germany surrendered. Soon after the war, Hitler's political career began when he joined the National Socialist German Worker's Party (also known as the Nazi Party), an anti-Semitic, nationalist group.
