WI: Hitler's Dad Lives Longer

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I asked a similar question about Hitler's mom Klara a few months ago, but I'm curious about the potential effects that Hitler's father would have had on his life had Alois Hitler lived much much longer. In OTL, he died in 1903 at the age of 65

But let's say he instead lives 20 more years. (1923)

what effect would this strict and authoritarian father have on Hilter's adolescent, teen, and young adult life?

Would Hitler still flee to Germany to enlist in WWI?

Would be able to butterfly the Nazi's away entirely?
 
The almost daily beatings continue and so Hitler becomes an even angrier person meaning he was more misplaced anger against the Jews and consequently many more die in the Holocaust.
 
Hitler probably could be beaten into full parental submission removing threat of him being anything else other than a local clerk in Austria.
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
... or the younger Hitler snaps and stabs the old man.

Which is more likely.

Alternatively, following the submissive Hitler, he becomes extremely fearful of the possibility of being hurt as a result of his beatings, avoiding the army and giving up painting. Instead, he takes up medicine to try and be useful, wanting to prove to his father that he isn't uselss. He's not a great Doctor, rather sub-par, but he winds up working in a surgery in rural Austria. When the war rolls around, he's either bought to the front as a battlefield medic, or left at home as his position is too important. After the war, he takes an interest in the plight of Soldiers, taking up public speaking, during which he blames the War and Austria's shocking defeat and dismemberment on an international conspiracy, the German Government, Serbs, and Jews. Eventually, he is drawn into the Fatherland's Front, where he quickly rises to prominence, and becomes leader following a coup against Dollfuss.
 
There is a different, extremely life changing POD for Adolf.

Around 8 years old, for some months he got interested into Catholic Church. Imagine that he continues and decides to become a priest.

During his young years, he receives psychological support at the times of his personal tragedies, remaining decently balanced.

He goes to seminary and receives a formal education, learns Latin and likely a smuttering of other languages, e.g. French or English or Spanish (as a preparation for missionary work).

His oratoric capabilties are discovered and professionally honed by his teachers, making him a top notch preacher.

When he is ordained, WWI is nearing the end but this does not prevent him to serve for a year or so as a military chaplain.

Father Adolph Hitler is extremely different from our Adolph Hitler, both under the cultural and psychological aspects. In many senses, he has become the germanic equivalent of another prelate, a georgian Pope called Josef Dzhugashvili <ominous sound of organ>.

After the war... well if you are interested, let me know.
 
There is a different, extremely life changing POD for Adolf.

Around 8 years old, for some months he got interested into Catholic Church. Imagine that he continues and decides to become a priest.

During his young years, he receives psychological support at the times of his personal tragedies, remaining decently balanced.

He goes to seminary and receives a formal education, learns Latin and likely a smuttering of other languages, e.g. French or English or Spanish (as a preparation for missionary work).

His oratoric capabilties are discovered and professionally honed by his teachers, making him a top notch preacher.

When he is ordained, WWI is nearing the end but this does not prevent him to serve for a year or so as a military chaplain.

Father Adolph Hitler is extremely different from our Adolph Hitler, both under the cultural and psychological aspects. In many senses, he has become the germanic equivalent of another prelate, a georgian Pope called Josef Dzhugashvili <ominous sound of organ>.

After the war... well if you are interested, let me know.


Please sir go on
 
Bearing in mind that in those days "being a Catholic priest" and "being a virulent anti-Semite" were not necessarily mutually exclusive.
 
The basic idea stems from a conclusion reached countless of times in this forum: to make the nazis more efficient, you have to morph Hitler into Notler. Father Adolph is Notler:

  • Hitler was summarily self-educated, Father Adolph has a university level degree in humanities;
  • Hitler was a rash and violent guy, Father Adolph was taught the virtues of patience, planning, dissimulation, caution and deliberate execution;
  • Hitler had a rough knowledge of history distorted by his Volkish lenses, Father Adolph become interested in the history of Countereformation and therefore knows in detail the european events post 1517;
  • Hitler was an istinctive orator, Father Adolph has added specific training upon natural talent;
  • Hitler was fond of social darwinism, Father Adolph is not fond of darwinism in general and, having been educated within a 1700-years old organization with a very precise hierarchy, he has deeply digested the lesson that intestine fights are not beneficial for the survival of anything;
  • Hitler hit list started with the Jews and actually stopped there (Communitist were bad because they were at the core jewish subversives, americans and english were jew-dominated and so on); Father Adolph hit list is more nuanced: Jews, Freemasons, Godless Communists, Mammona worshipping Capitalists (most of them Protestants to add insult to injury), etc.
All these changes do not alter some core traits of Hitler mind: he is still is a potential sociopath and he still is very ambitious. Father Adolph has the tools to morph into a fully functioning sociopath ready to become cardinal, CEO of a firm or... Reichskanzler <organ music again :D>.
 
This plus the priest thing is hard to believe considering his temperament.

Temperament is the result of the person tendencies (in part) and the events he went thru his life (mainly); I understand that this line of thought sounds outlandish to the crowd who subscribes the "predestination" [1] mythology.

Well, one less timeline to think about, at least in this american dominated community.

[1] predestination: the most useful escamotage to justify doing nothing to improve destitute people condition.
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
What about businessman Hitler? Is there any way he can become a Henry Ford?

An American Businessman, needing a spokesperson for the planned Coca Cola Branch in Germany, sends out several hiring scouts to find a spokesperson. One of them, down on his luck in Bavaria, encounters an Army Intelligence Officer, who he notes the oration skills of. Handing him his card, he insists the man, named Adolf Hitler, join his company. Hitler accepts, not knowing that the company is American, and a year later travels to the Berlin office of Coca-Cola GmbH. After getting over the shock of discovering the company is American, Hitler, needing the money, begins to tour the nation promoting Coke. Popular and famous for his fiery speeches, he finds his way into the management, and following the crash of 1929, becomes head of the Coca-Cola GmbH branch. Fondly remembered during this period for his invention of 'Fanta', a drink made of the 'leftovers of leftovers' and noted for it's nutty taste.
 
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