Kubitschek August (Kubizek)

Kubitschek, August (Kubizek), (1889 -?), A close friend of Adolf Hitler in his youth. He was an assistant draper in Linz. He met with Hitler in 1904 in a local opera house and soon became his best friend. They rented a room for two, walked together, went out of town. In the face Kubitschek nervous, impulsive Adolf find an attentive and patient listener. "His speech was reminiscent of a volcanic eruption, - recalled Kubicek. - It has existed as though separately from it, as something independent ". At the beginning of 1908 Kubitschek left draper's shop and went to Vienna to learn to play the viola. In Vienna the same, but with the intention of becoming an artist, went and Adolf Hitler. They rented an apartment together in Shtumper - alley, 29. Kubitschek entered the conservatory, and Adolf was rejected by the Academy of Arts - from the blow he could not recover all my life. "He was rejected by the world, he became unbalanced," - recalled Kubicek. Soon the friends parted, and their next meeting took place 30 years later, at the Bayreuth Festival dedicated to the works of Wagner. After 2-nd World War Kubitschek published a book of memoirs "The Young Hitler I knew."