Chapter 7 Chapter 2 "Life Is My School" (2)

Five days later, on a foggy Sunday, Kuster arrived at Wisbanov carrying a brown canvas bag "full of food".Just as he was standing in the waiting room and was overwhelmed by the busy scene of the station, he saw Adolf, who had become a citizen of Vienna, walking towards him. "He was wearing a fine black overcoat and hat, and he carried that ivory-handled cane. He looked very handsome." Adolf was very happy to see his friend coming, and kissed his friend on the cheek.The two of them each held a pocket and an ear, and disappeared into the boiling downtown.It was dark by then, but the arc lights illuminated the station square "as if it were day."

They stepped into the spacious gate of the mighty and majestic Stone Pagas 29, walked through a small courtyard, and came to a dilapidated building.They trudged up dark stairs to the second floor.There are drawings everywhere in the room.Adolf spread out a newspaper on the table and put the only food he had - milk, sausage and bread - on the table.Kubitschek pushed these foods aside, and like a magician, he took out barbecue, freshly baked bread, cheese, jam, coffee, etc. one by one from the canvas pocket. "Yes," Adolf is said to have exclaimed, "that's what it means to have a mother!"

After dinner, Hitler insisted on taking his exhausted friends out for a walk around the city. "How can you sleep without seeing the circus?" First, Adolf took him to visit the splendid "Opera House"—"I just felt like I was on another planet, and I was really impressed , it just blows me away"—then on to the elegant St. Stephen's Tower.After that, Adolf insisted on letting him see "something special" - the small and exquisite Church of St. Maria Gerstrade.However, due to the fog and confusion, Kubyschik couldn't see much, and he was eager to go back early, but they didn't get home until late at night.Kubitschek hurriedly climbed into the floor that the old lady of the landlady had made for him.

Because the room was too small for two people and a grand piano, the eloquent Adolf persuaded Mrs. Chakress to give them her big house.They agreed to double the rent, 20 crowns a month.Unexpectedly, the piano would take up too much space, and walking is a must for Adolf, so the furniture in the room was rearranged to give Adolf a space three steps long. In less than two days, Kuster was registered at the conservatory and passed the entrance exam. "I did not expect my friend to be so clever," Hitler commented curtly.Nor was he interested in the progress Kubitschek made in the weeks that followed.

One day, a young and beautiful female classmate of Kuster's came to visit, and he made a big fuss.After she left, Hitler paced and babbled, saying, "Women go to school, that's nonsense." Kubyschek thought, "Adolf is insane. He lost his temper because of a little thing." No matter what Kubyschek did , not always to Hitler's taste. "It made it difficult for us to live together ... He was out of touch and struggling. From his point of view, there was injustice, hatred and hostility everywhere." In fact, Hitler's own failure was the fundamental reason.One day, he suddenly denounced the Academy of Fine Arts loudly.In this way, the reason for his hatred of the world is clearly revealed.

"...these are hard-headed old sticklers, bureaucrats! These are unreasonable idiots! The whole academy should be blown up!" His face was livid, and his eyes ("somewhat vicious") blazed with hatred.Later, he finally leaked the truth. It turned out that he was kicked out and lost the election. "What do we do now?" Kubiczek asked with concern.Hitler sat down at the table and began to read. "It doesn't matter," he replied calmly. Despite his vaunted determination to succeed, he had to rely on the help of Professor Basil.On several occasions, purse in hand, he went to the studio of the famous stage designer, but did not have the guts to knock on the door.Finally, he tore up the letter of introduction, "so as not to be seduced by it later."His move may be due to fear that his work is not up to standard, or it may be due to a sense of failure in his heart, or it may be because Basil's reputation is too high that he dare not seek to see him.

About a week after Hitler left Berlin, Mr. Merov was notified by the allowance office that Paula and Adolf Hitler would each receive 300 kronor a year until they reached the age of twenty-four.The Benefits Office authorized Mr. Melofo to handle the annual 600 crowns, and he decided to distribute 25 crowns to each orphan every month. This regular payment (equivalent to 6 dollars in today's dollars) undoubtedly brought new hope to Hitler.However, assuming that the 650 crowns in the inheritance still belong to him in large part, life is still quite difficult.His roommates later said that Hitler often starved. "For five days he lived on milk, bread and butter."

Kubichick never knew how much money Hitler had.He guessed, "Hitler must have secretly insulted because of the lack of money. Sometimes, when he got angry, he would shout out loudly, 'What a life!'" Hitler made trips to the Berg Theater or the Opera several times a week, the expenses of which were scrimp and frugal—trousers, for example, were "pressed" under a mat. Hitler also didn't want to sit with the girls because "all they want is flirting."At dance halls where women were not allowed, he insisted that Kubyschek go with him for a high price of two crowns.For the longer operas, they left without ever finishing, because they had to leave at 9:45 p.m. and get home before the closing of Stompagas No. 9, or they would have to tip the porter.After returning to the room, Hitler forced Kubischek to play the unfinished part on the piano for him.

Hitler never tires of hearing Wagner's works.Even if Gustel was going to see the first round of performances of Verdi (1813-1901, Italian opera composer-annotation), Hitler would drag him to the Royal Theater to see the second round of Wagner's works.Wagner's music delighted him, "enabling him to retreat into the mysterious world he needed to endure the tension of his frantic nature." Adolf's favorite "Loangrin", they watched together 10 times . He was also fascinated by the Poetry Society (which sprang up in major German cities between the 14th and 16th centuries, and its members were mostly working-class—annotation), and he often quoted a few lines from Act Two:

I still can't make it. Feel it, but I can't understand it, Can't keep it, can't forget it, If you stick to it, you can't measure it. On several occasions, Kubitschek lured him to see Verdi's opera, but Hitler only approved of "Aida".He took issue with false theatrical effects. "What are these Italians going to do if they don't have knives?" He shouted one day when he heard a street accordionist playing Ladies and Commons, "That's your Verdi! Come to think of it, Loangrin's Can a story be played on an accordion?" How many nights did the two young men go to concerts together—because Kubishik was at the conservatory, he could get free tickets.Adolf also began to "love the symphony", which surprised Kubishik.Hitler was particularly fond of the Romantic composers - Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann.His favorite composers are Bruckner, Beethoven and Grieg - their Piano Concerto in A minor often moves him.

Lack of money did not dim the glory of their Vienna.It was the golden age of opera and music.Gustav Mahler had just left the Royal Theater to join the Metropolitan Orchestra in New York City, but left behind a number of brilliant works, many of which Basil designed.Especially famous are their collaboration works "Li Enji" and the first and second parts of "The Ring".The new director, Felix Wengner, drew some ire for cutting out certain episodes from one of Mahler's works.But he's still working on his predecessor's unfinished "Ring," re-staged by Basil.Incidentally, both directors are Jewish.Many of the accomplished figures in Viennese literary and artistic circles were Jewish, for example, Hugo, von Hoffmannsdahl, Arthur Schnitzler, Richard Bill Hoffmann, and Hull Man Barr is Jewish.