In 1938, Hitler, by now the most powerful man in Germany, was paying a visit to his hometown of Linz when he agreed to meet up with Kubizek. Following the war, he became a council official. Kubizek embarked on what promised to be a successful musical career but cut short by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. He was not to see Hitler again until 26 years later, in 1938.
He returned to Vienna to find Hitler had moved out and had left no forwarding address. In 1912, Kubizek went back to Linz for a brief visit. So ashamed of his failure that for a while Hitler kept it hidden from his friend. But while Kubizek was successful in his application to the Vienna Music Conservatory, Hitler failed twice to get a place at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Thus the two friends were reunited and shared a room in Vienna. But Hitler somehow managed to persuade Kubizek’s father to allow Gustl to join him in Vienna and be allowed to pursue his musical ambitions. In 1907, Hitler moved to Vienna while August Kubizek remained in Linz to work as an apprentice for his father’s upholstery business which was destined to become his trade. While Hitler dreamt of being a great artist, Kubizek, or ‘Gustl’ to Hitler, dreamt of becoming a famous conductor. They became firm friends to the point Hitler became resentful if Kubizek paid too much attention to anyone else. Born within nine months of each other, they met in their hometown of Linz where a shared love of art and music, especially the operas of Richard Wagner, brought them together. August Kubizek provides the only substantial witness account of Adolf Hitler’s early years in Linz and Vienna between 19.
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