In 1908, Hitler abruptly broke off the friendship and drifted into homelessness. Hitler, however, was twice denied entrance into Vienna's art academy, a fact which he kept hidden from his friend for some time. He was immediately accepted into the Vienna Conservatory where he quickly made a name for himself. It was an 18-year-old Hitler who successfully persuaded Kubizek's father to let his son go to the metropolis to attend the conservatory. However, to achieve his goal of being an orchestral conductor, he would require higher education in music which was offered only in Vienna. With Hitler's encouragement, he devoted more and more of his time to this passion, completing all the musical training available to him in Linz. The two shared a small room in Stumpergasse 31/2 door 17 in the sixth district of Vienna from 22 February to early July 1908.Īs the only son of a self-employed upholsterer, Kubizek was expected to someday take over his father's business, but he secretly harboured dreams of becoming a conductor. Because of their shared passion for the operas of Richard Wagner, they quickly became close friends and later roommates in Vienna while both sought admission into college. Kubizek and Hitler first met while competing for standing room in the Landestheater in Linz, Austria. His sisters Maria, Therese and Karoline died in early childhood. August was the first born and only surviving child of Michael and Maria Kubizek.
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