Life and Times of Dolph Schickelgruber

What if Adolf Hitler never became Führer?

The Life and Times of Dolph Schickelgruber is a work of alternate history set in pre–World War II Germany, imagining a world in which Adolf Hitler succeeds as an artist rather than rising to power—and still helps shape the Nazi movement from behind the scenes.

As Dolph Schickelgruber gains prominence as a painter, image-maker, and speech coach, he becomes an unseen force within the Reich: designing symbols, crafting mythic imagery, and influencing leaders who believe they are using him. Under Gregor Strasser’s leadership, Germany rises without Hitler at the podium—but not without his obsessions.

In private, Schickelgruber’s need for control surfaces in his relationships with women, revealing the same impulses that fuel his public influence. Art becomes a tool of domination. Myth replaces truth. Power migrates quietly.

Ending with the Fall of France in 1940, this novel explores a disturbing question:
Is history shaped by those who rule—or by those who teach the world what to see?

This is not a redemption story.
It is a psychological examination of how culture, image, and invisible influence can be as dangerous as authority itself.