Volume 1: Chapter 1, In the House of My Parents Summary and Analysis

Hitler is born is the town of Braunau on the Inn. The town is on the border of two German states, Germany and Austria, and Hitler considers it an act of Providence. He sees the need for the German state to return to its days of glory and strength. The borders of the country should include every German. "German-Austria must return to the great German mother country, and not because of any economic considerations. No, and again, no: even if such a union were unimportant from an economic point of view; yes, even if it were harmful, it must nevertheless take place. One blood demands one Reich. Never will the German nation possess the moral right to engage in colonial politics until, at least, it embraces its...