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August "Gustl" Friedrich Kubizek (3 August 1888 – 23 October 1956) was an Austrian musical conductor and writer best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. He later wrote about their friendship in his book The Young Hitler I Knew (1955).
Aug 3, 2015 · In 1951 August Kubizek wrote his memoirs, Adolf Hitler, My Childhood Friend, in which he which he declared, “No power on earth could compel me to deny my friendship with Adolf Hitler.” He died, aged 68, on 23 October 1956, the very day the Hungarian Revolution broke out.
Jul 1, 2022 · August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they were both competing for standing room at the opera. Their mutual passion for music created a strong bond, and over the next four years they became close friends. Kubizek describes a reticent young man, painfully shy, yet capable of bursting into hysterical fits of anger if anyone disagreed with ...
Dec 16, 2001 · It was at Linz's Landestheater in the latter part of 1905, when he was living in the town full-time, that he met an apprentice decorator named August Kubizek, who was then seventeen. The two...
Jan 1, 2024 · Often referred to as Adolf Hitler’s ‘only’ true friend, August Kubizek remained loyal to the Nazi dictator until his final breath. Keep reading to learn how the pair bonded over a shared love of art and music as teenagers before venturing down very different paths in adulthood.
Stefanie Rabatsch (née Isak; born 26 December 1887 – died 22 December 1975) was an Austrian woman who was allegedly an unrequited love of then-teenage Adolf Hitler, a claim made by Hitler's childhood friend August Kubizek. Her Jewish-sounding maiden name, Isak, has been subject to speculation in this context.
Apr 25, 2021 · August Kubizek Covering 1904-1908 (when Hitler was aged 15-19), this memoir portrays a youth already unmoored from social structures, ambitious, teeming with fantastic and detailed plans, and turning from the arts to politics.
