About
Austrian man best known as the father of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. He worked as a customs official in a variety of locations across Austria.
Before Fame
He apprenticed as a cobbler in Vienna.
Trivia
In 2012, his gravestone in Leonding was removed by a descendant. His career required moving his family 18 different times.
Family Life
He married three different women: Anna Glasl-Horer, Franziska Matzelsberger and Klara Polzl.
Associated With
He fathered Adolf Hitler, who was a sickly child, in 1889.
