[goldstategop]

If the young Hitler's would be instructors at Vienna's High Arts Academy had realized his talents lay in being a gifted architect, history might have taken a turn for the better. As an artist Hitler is completely unimpressive, but as a potential architect he had a skill in drawing buildings second to none. The only question is whether he would have pursued such a career is a question lost to history.

[Petronski]

As an artist Hitler is completely unimpressive, but as a potential architect he had a skill in drawing buildings second to none.

He was skilled at producing representations of existing structures, but there is no evidence he had any skill in creating anything new.

[thatdewd]

If the young Hitler's would be instructors at Vienna's High Arts Academy had realized his talents lay in being a gifted architect, history might have taken a turn for the better.

Quite possibly, but it was during his time in Vienna that he was introduced to and became obsessed with the mystical teachings of the occultists who would later form organizations such as the Thule Society and Germanic Order. Two groups that produced the men who later formed the nazi heirarchy. Those beliefs had already taken root in Germanic Europe well before World War I and even the Kaiser ocassionaly spouted off about Aryans and the "master race", something else historians tend to avoid mentioning. It is unfortunate Hitler didn't find a patron or receive more encouragement from his teachers, for it would be a lot nicer to just remember him as a footnote in some forgotten art-history book or architectural digest.

[pepsionice]

The interesting thing is if the nitwits in Yugoslavia had never killed Crown Prince Ferdanan (and his lovely wife)...WW I would never have happened...and Hitler would have been a simple housepainter in Austria. Everything is dependent on these Yugoslaiva dimwits who thought they were doing the world a favor. Hitler was destined to be just a plain housepainter after his entry was turned down at the Vienna High Arts Academy. His dad was the towns train station manager and was not of any statue to help the son. Life would be quiet different today under a slightly different scenario.