What Caused Hitler to Go Wrong Have you ever wanted to know what made Hitler go bad? Most people use the normal excuse that his childhood was the cause of all of his troubles. However, the information in this report should prove that theory wrong. He was a good student in his early school years and had dreams of becoming an artist. Adolf actually had a pretty normal childhood. On April 20, 1889, was born in the small Austrian city of Branau. His father, Alois, worked as customs official, checking goods traded between Austria and Germany ....