I get austria means east of germany right? but im still a bit confused I thought the ethnicity was different.
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His father (or grandfather, can’t remember) had land in Bavaria, which he inherited and lived in when he was around 18-20 (can’t remember exactly). Adolf was born in a border town. His teachers at school were into pangermanism.
He enlisted in Bavaria in WW1 after he was deemed unfit for service in the Austrian army.
The country of Germany was less than 50 years old when this happened. National identity was not as clear cut as today.
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