August Kubizek

アウグスト・クビツェク　/　あうぐすと・くびつぇく

American conductor

August 3, 1888 – October 23, 1956　・　Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Upper Austria
conductor
painter
writer

My Take

August Kubizek is one of history's most peculiar footnotes — a genuinely music-loving young man from Linz who happened to share a cramped Vienna apartment with one of the twentieth century's most destructive figures. What strikes me about him is how ordinary he was: a passionate musician who actually followed through, trained seriously, worked as a conductor, and built a quiet life, while his famous roommate failed the art school entrance exam and nursed his resentments. Kubizek could have stayed silent forever, but in 1955 he published his memoir, and whatever its biases, it handed historians a rare, ground-level view of Hitler before he was Hitler. I find him a genuinely sad figure — a man whose legacy got entirely swallowed by proximity to someone else.

Overview

August Friedrich Kubizek (3 August 1888 – 23 October 1956) was an Austrian musical conductor and writer best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. He later wrote about their friendship in his book The Young Hitler I Knew (1955).

1. Profile

Name (English): August Kubizek
Name (Japanese): アウグスト・クビツェク
Reading: あうぐすと・くびつぇく
Born: August 3, 1888 – October 23, 1956
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rat
Origin: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: conductor / painter / writer / biographer / composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%93%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF