Ida Hitler

Biography

Ida Hitler’s brief life was spent in Braunau am Inn, the town that would later be linked to her more famous brother. Though she died as a child, the memory of her life forms part of the early family history of a household whose later fame would cast a long shadow.

Her resting place remains a quiet reminder of the fragile and private beginnings experienced by many families in the region before the sweeping events of the twentieth century.