Geli Raubal
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Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr. (brother) |
Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːli ˈʁaʊbal]; 4 June 1908 – 18 September 1931) was an Austrian woman who was the half-niece of Adolf Hitler. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Hitler's half-sister, Angela Raubal. Raubal lived in close contact with her half-uncle Adolf from 1925 until her presumed suicide in 1931.
Life
Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal was born in
As Hitler rose to power as leader of the Nazi Party, he was domineering and possessive of Raubal, keeping control of her.[7] When he discovered in December 1927 that she was having a relationship with his chauffeur, Emil Maurice, he forced her to end the affair and dismissed Maurice from his service.[2][8] After that he did not allow her to associate with friends and attempted to have himself or someone he trusted near her at all times, accompanying her on shopping trips, to the cinema and to the opera.[7]
Death
Raubal was living in Hitler's Munich apartment, and he maintained strict control over her actions. She was in effect a prisoner, and planned to escape to
Rumours immediately began in the media about physical abuse, a possible sexual relationship, an infatuation by Raubal for her uncle, and even murder.
Hitler later declared that Raubal was the only woman he had ever loved, according to American historian William L. Shirer. Her room at Haus Wachenfeld was kept as she had left it, and he hung portraits of her in his room there and at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.[13]
In a 1992 Vanity Fair article, Ron Rosenbaum examines several theories, including speculation that Hitler intentionally or accidentally shot and killed Raubal during an argument, or that she was killed on his orders.[11] According to William Stuart-Houston, Hitler's nephew through his half-brother, Alois, "When I visited Berlin in 1931, the family was in trouble. ... Everyone knew that Hitler and she had long been intimate and that she had been expecting a child – a fact that enraged Hitler."[14]
See also
References
Informational notes
Citations
- ^ a b Toland 1976, p. 349.
- ^ a b c d e f g Görtemaker 2011, p. 43.
- ^ a b Kershaw 2008, p. 218.
- ^ a b Bullock 1999, p. 393.
- ^ Kershaw 2000, pp. 282–284, 686.
- ^ Kershaw 2008, p. 177.
- ^ a b c Kershaw 2008, p. 219.
- ^ a b Kershaw 2008, p. 220.
- ^ a b Kershaw 2008, p. 221.
- ^ Gunther 1940, p. 21.
- ^ a b Rosenbaum 1992.
- ^ Shirer 1960, p. 132.
- ^ Shirer 1960, pp. 132–133.
- ^ Robinson 2017.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-56852-036-0.
- Görtemaker, Heike B. (2011). Eva Braun: Life with Hitler. New York: ISBN 978-0-307-59582-9.
- OCLC 836676034.
- ISBN 0-393-32035-9.
- Kershaw, Ian (2008). Hitler: A Biography. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06757-6.
- Robinson, Julian (5 May 2017). "'Why I hate my uncle' - Rare insight into Nazi leader's life by Adolf Hitler's nephew". New Zealand Herald.
- Rosenbaum, Ron (April 1992). "Hitler's Doomed Angel". Vanity Fair.
- ISBN 978-0-671-62420-0.
- ISBN 978-0-345-25899-1.
Further reading
- Alexander, Alex (2005). In de ban van Hitler: Maria Reiter, Geli Raubal, Unity Mitford, Eva Braun (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Elmar. ISBN 978-90-389-1547-0.
- ISBN 978-1-58234-008-1.
- ISBN 978-0-679-43151-0.
- ISBN 978-0-404-16997-8.
- Vermeeren, Marc (2007). De jeugd van Adolf Hitler 1889–1907 en zijn familie en voorouders (in Dutch). Soesterberg: Aspekt. ISBN 978-90-5911-606-1.
External links
- Geli Raubal at IMDb
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