▁BBC ▁Radio . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁ ▁Ad ler ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁Jewish ▁parents ▁in ▁Car ls bad , ▁Boh emia . ▁His ▁mother ▁was ▁Ther ese ▁Ad ler ▁( née ▁Hir sch ) ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁Mor itz ▁Ad ler , ▁editor ▁and ▁critic ▁with ▁the ▁social ▁dem ocr atic ▁newspaper , ▁Volks w ille ▁and ▁an ▁elected ▁representative . ▁Ad ler ▁attended ▁g ymnasium ▁in ▁Car ls bad ▁and ▁Prag ue . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁he ▁studied ▁art ▁history , ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁literature , ▁and ▁philosophy ▁at ▁univers ities ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁Er lang en ▁and ▁Mun ich , ▁acqu iring ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁with ▁a ▁dis sert ation ▁on ▁the ▁origin ▁and ▁beginning ▁of ▁wood cut s . ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁Ad ler ▁lect ured ▁on ▁art ▁history ▁at ▁the ▁Bau haus ▁and ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁he ▁taught ▁art ▁history ▁at ▁the ▁We imar ▁Sax on - Gr and ▁Du cal ▁Art ▁School . ▁His ▁association ▁with ▁Johannes ▁I tt en , ▁who ▁also ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Bau haus , ▁led ▁to ▁him ▁publishing ▁and ▁editing ▁U top ia : ▁Dokument e ▁der ▁W irk lichkeit ▁(" U top ia : ▁Document s ▁of ▁Re ality "). ▁This ▁included ▁transl ations ▁by ▁Ad ler ▁from ▁the ▁R ig ved a ▁and