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-116- X This he applied for but was not admitted. According to storjt because he had not eatiafactorily finished hie course In tbe ftealschule* To be sure, this wae one of the general require- ments but exceptions could be mftdn in the case of boys who showed unusual talent- Hitler's rejection, therefore, wee on the grounds of insufficient talent rather than Tor failure to complete hie course. Me was not without hoj>e* A31. his dreams of being fl great flrtist seemed to be nipyed in the bud* He we a without money and without Jtrienda+. We HSB forced -to go to work: end found &n- ploynsnt as a helper on construction jobs. This, however, did not suit him* friction developed between himself find hia fellow work- men. It seemn logical ^0 fiuppoee that he was working beneath his clftfls and refused to Biwgl* with them for he- telle us that hft.3#it apart from the otheru and ate his lunch* Further difficulties de- veloped Inasmuch A* the workmen tried to convert him to A Marxian point of view. Their attitudes end arguments jarred him since the/ were far from t^e ideal Geraany thet had bocn portrayed byf his fa- vorits Llnz t&ncher> Ludwlg Poetacb, eta Ardent German nationalist* r found hiraflaif unable to answer their arguments. He 1 . ' .r ' the unplftaeant discovery that the workmen Jcoew njor* than he did. Mo fundaaentally against everythlag they fluid but he was unable to his point of view on an intellectual level *- ha was et a terrible disadvantage. In order to remedy the situation he began rending t i l Jcinde of political pfimphleta ond Attendiri^ political meetings but not with the idee of understanding the problem eo a , which might have enabled him to form an intelligent opinion, REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES