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Chronicling Adolf Hitler's Earliest Days

Chronicling Adolf Hitler's Earliest Days

The small building in the village of Fischlham, Austria, where Hitler began school in 1895. Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers, spent time documenting significant places from Hitler's youth. Here and in other galleries on LIFE.com, we present rare and never-before-published color photographs from Jaeger's collection.

Photo: Hugo Jaeger./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1945
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