Hitler wanted to be a church boy when he was a young child
Hitler grew up in a Catholic family in Austria and attended a monastery school for a period, when he was about 8–10 years old he served as an altar boy at the Benedictine monastery in Lambach. Lambach Abbey was the monastery where he went to school and participated in church services, several early biographers state that he admired the ceremonies, music, and pageantry of the Catholic liturgy.
According to the memoir of his childhood friend:
“As long as the little Adolf remained close to his mother, he was completely influenced by her devout behaviour… The pale little choir boy was absorbed by his faith.” [1] pp. 42
“As I had singing lessons at the monastery in Lambach… I had an excellent opportunity of revelling… in the festive splendour of the magnificent church ceremonies.” [2] pp. 42
Other figures like Degrelle have spoken about this too:
"Impressed by the beauty of the church in a Benedictine monastery where he was part of the choir and served as an altar-boy, Hitler dreamt fleetingly of becoming a Benedictine monk. And it was at that time, too, interestingly enough, that whenever he attended Mass, he always had to pass beneath the first swastika he had ever seen: it was graven in the stone escutcheon of the abbey portal." [3] pp. 23
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Hitler grew up in a Catholic family in Austria and attended a monastery school for a period, when he was about 8–10 years old he served as an altar boy at the Benedictine monastery in Lambach. Lambach Abbey was the monastery where he went to school and participated in church services, several early biographers state that he admired the ceremonies, music, and pageantry of the Catholic liturgy.
According to the memoir of his childhood friend:
“As long as the little Adolf remained close to his mother, he was completely influenced by her devout behaviour… The pale little choir boy was absorbed by his faith.” [1] pp. 42
“As I had singing lessons at the monastery in Lambach… I had an excellent opportunity of revelling… in the festive splendour of the magnificent church ceremonies.” [2] pp. 42
Other figures like Degrelle have spoken about this too:
"Impressed by the beauty of the church in a Benedictine monastery where he was part of the choir and served as an altar-boy, Hitler dreamt fleetingly of becoming a Benedictine monk. And it was at that time, too, interestingly enough, that whenever he attended Mass, he always had to pass beneath the first swastika he had ever seen: it was graven in the stone escutcheon of the abbey portal." [3] pp. 23
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