Chapter 14 Chapter 2 "Life Is My School" (9)

For the rest of 1911 and in the following year, Hitler was a little more sedate.He no longer has unnecessary arguments with people for a long time, but spends more time painting, and the quality of his works has also improved.For example, his watercolor Minnokot Church in Vienna is so accurate in every respect that it is almost a photograph.Technically, his paintings can be said to have come from the hands of a professional painter - which is surprising, since he was a young man with no formal training in painting.Hitler had a genius for painting buildings, but he was not good at painting people.If there are people in the painting, they must be badly drawn and very out of proportion.Many of the pictures he draws are beautiful, even if they lack artistry.It can be seen from the paintings that he has the ability to paint, but lacks professional training.All in all, Hitler was more of a technician than an artist; more of an architect than a painter.By 1912 he was able to paint in pencil, he was good at watercolors, and he was even better at oils.

He worked steadily, and his paintings were sold through Jacob Aldenberg and other art dealers.Hitler himself no longer boasted of his talents.His companions often gathered in his room to admire his works, but he said contemptuously that he was a layman and hadn't started painting yet.His true genius, he believed, lay in architecture.Later, he told a friend privately that he painted to make money, and the few paintings he really liked were architectural themes.As financial conditions improved slightly, so did his appearance; his clothes, though old, were much cleaner, and his beard was shaved off.He has gained the respect of people, and even Mannerheim's supervisor will chat with him-"this is an honor that a tenant rarely gets."

His demeanor was much more dignified, too.He continued to debate politics, but learned a profound lesson. "I learned to speak less and listen more, and to listen to opposing opinions. Their opinions are extremely primitive and naive." He found that making enemies could not control their hearts. Nothing can show Hitler's maturity more than his study.To show his respect, no one wants to occupy his favorite window seat.If a newcomer tried to take the seat, someone would say: "That's taken. That's Herr Hitler's seat." A newcomer named Karl Hornig soon discovered that Hitler was different. "In those days, we all lived in a daze...Among us, only Hitler saw his future clearly." He said to Hornig that although he was rejected into the Academy of Fine Arts, he soon Going to Munich to finish his studies.

In the den, Hitler was at the heart of the intellectual class.Hornig recalled, "Because he sat in the seat every day, every day, almost without exception. He only left when he went to deliver paintings, but the time was also very short. He was also eccentric. In general, Hitler was kind and lovable, and had a certain interest in each of the same fates." Although Hitler lived in harmony with others, Hornig still had a distance from him. "No one dares to take advantage of Hitler. However, Hitler himself was not proud or arrogant. On the contrary, he had a good heart and was willing to help others. If someone needs 50 copper coins for another night's sleep, He gives generously, and I've seen him pick up a hat a few times."

In general political debate, Hitler continued to draw, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two.However, as soon as words like "Reds" and "Jesuits" appeared, or someone's speech "offended him", he would stand up and argue with others, "very impulsive, not caring about rude words."Then, with a wave of his hand, he returned to his seat, "as if to say, what a pity, every word I tell you is wasted, and you will never understand it." In a sense, Hitler had made peace with Vienna and its lower classes.He has achieved results and has been recognized by others.At this point, Vienna had little left for him.In recent months, his thoughts have turned to the "fatherland" of Germany.

In the frame of his bedside mirror is this slogan: We are free and above board, we are firm, We look up to the motherland!Long live! He spent five and a half years in the charming capital of the Habsburgs.For five and a half years he had a love-hate relationship with Vienna.About this chapter of his life, which can be named "The Years of Study and Suffering in Vienna", it was a period of "suffering", "the most miserable moment of my life", and it was also a time of "suffering" for him more than any university. The period of shaping.In his opinion, "it is the most difficult and comprehensive school in my life".

On May 24, 1913, Hitler stepped out of the double gate of Mannerheim for the last time, carrying a torn bag containing all his property.Everyone was saddened to see him go, Hannessy recalled. "We lost a great companion. He understood everyone and helped when he could." Adolf Hitler left Vienna for Munich to find his future. "I arrived in this city as a young man, and left her as a man. I became calm and serious. There, my philosophy, especially my politics, was formed. I never abandoned it , only to be fleshed out in detail later." Hitler lived in the bachelor flat for three years and three and a half months.It had been his home, his refuge.The scene when he left here is indelible in Hannishi's memory.He watched Hitler and a companion—Hannisch couldn't recall another name—starting on foot, and he felt sick.It would be ironic if this accomplice were his Jewish friend Joseph Newman (who also had long-held ambitions of emigrating to the Empire).