An affair with a niece: the scandalous love story of Adolf Hitler and Geli Raubal

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The personality of Adolf Hitler provokes lively discussions: the man who brutally killed millions of people and developed the inhuman ideas of Nazism was known as a connoisseur of women's hearts and a womanizer. Interestingly, in relations with the fair sex, there was no trace of aggression, cruelty and complacency: he was gallant and courteous. There were many names in his Don Juan list, but one of the most scandalous ties was the romance of the Fuhrer and his cousin niece Geli Raubal.

Angelica Raubal (this was the full name of the girl) was not Hitler's blood relative: she was the daughter of the Fuhrer's half-sister, Angela Raubal. Geli was 19 years younger than her "uncle", their first episodic meeting took place in 1925, and a few years later, Hitler asked his sister to live in his house as a housekeeper, and Angela agreed to move, taking her daughters with her - Friedl and Geli.

Geli at that time was 20 years old, the girl was engaged in vocals and dreamed of a career as an opera singer. Most likely, she sincerely hoped that her uncle would be able to protect her. The girl did not manage to conquer the opera stage, but she was able to win the heart of the Fuhrer. Hitler literally lost his head, fascinated by her beauty. Geli began to accompany him everywhere, she attended social events and party meetings.

According to some reports, during her life in Hitler's apartments, Geli had an affair with the Fuhrer's chauffeur, Emil Maurice. Adolf was jealous and did not want to forgive her such liberties, in general, the couple was known for stormy showdowns.

After some time, Adolf Hitler decides to live with his beloved, they move to a fashionable area at 16 Prinzregentstrasse. Here one of the 9 rooms belongs to a girl. The connection with Geli Raubal was not approved by Hitler's party associates, he was even asked to legalize the marriage in order to set an example for a real Aryan family. It is known that Hitler intended to marry Geli, despite the "kinship" relationship, but this was never destined to happen.

The ending of this romantic story came on September 18, 1931. The girl was found shot to death in her room. The official cause of death was suicide, but many were inclined to believe that Himmler's killers were involved in this death. On the eve of the incident, Hitler and Raubal had been sorting out the relationship for a long time, the girl even wanted to leave her lover and return to Vienna to resume abandoned music lessons. Historians claim that the woman who was shot was pregnant by Adolf Hitler.

For the sake of justice, we note that the Fuhrer took her death hard, being depressed, refusing to eat and drink, it is known that he even tried to commit suicide. To perpetuate her image, Hitler commissioned a bust and portrait of Geli.

Geli never managed to marry Adolf Hitler, the woman who was the Fuehrer's wife one day, became Eva Braun.