Adolf Hitler's Mother's Day Card

A MOTHER'S DAY POEM BY ADOLF HITLER

Adolf Hitler's mother, Klara, was a dedicated mother who doted on her youngest son. Young Adolf was very close to his mother and was devastated when she passed away. He was just 17 years old when she died of cancer in 1907. Years later, Klara's Jewish doctor, whom Hitler admired and had never forgotten, described the scene of her death:

"Outwardly, his love for his mother was his most striking feature. While he was not a "mother's boy" in the usual sense, I have never witnessed a closer attachment...In the practice of my profession it is natural that I should have witnessed many scenes such as this one, yet none of them left me with quite the same impression. In all my career I have never seen anyone so prostrate with grief as Adolf Hitler."  - Dr. Eduard Bloch

Surely, when Hitler penned his tribute to mothers, 'The Mother', he must have had his own dear mother in mind. As a Mother's Day tribute to all of our elderly (and not so elderly) Mothers, TomatoBubble.com presents, 'The Mother', by Adolf Hitler.

THE MOTHER

When your mother has grown older,
When her dear, faithful eyes
no longer see life as they once did,
When her feet, grown tired,
No longer want to carry her as she walks -

Then lend her your arm in support,
Escort her with happy pleasure.
The hour will come when, weeping, you
Must accompany her on her final walk.

And if she asks you something,
Then give her an answer.
And if she asks again, then speak!
And if she asks yet again, respond to her,
Not impatiently, but with gentle calm.

And if she cannot understand you properly
Explain all to her happily.
The hour will come, the bitter hour,
When her mouth asks for nothing more.

-Adolf Hitler, 1923

Hitler lays a wreath at the grave of his parents in 1938. 

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