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Angelika Maria "Geli" Raubal[1] (June 4, 1908 – September 19/18, 1931).[2] Born in Linz, Austria, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Adolf Hitler's half sister, Angela Raubal. She was Hitler's half-niece and rumoured to be his lover (Hitler's own mother Klara was his father Alois's cousin).
Hermann Goring would later tell attorneys at the Nuremberg trials that Raubal's death had devastated Hitler to such an extent that it changed his views and relationships with all other people.[3]
After World War II, her first cousin, Willy Hitler described his impression of Geli when he met her in Obersalzberg: "Geli looks more like a child than a girl. You couldn't call her pretty exactly, but she had great natural charm. She usually went without a hat and wore very plain clothes, pleated skirts and white blouses. No jewellery except a gold swastika given to her by Uncle Adolf, whom she called Uncle Alf."[6] Hitler's own mother had called his father "uncle" throughout their marriage.[3]
As he rose to power as leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler kept a tight rein over his niece, who would live at either his Munich apartment or his Berchtesgaden villa, where her mother served as housekeeper, after 1929.[1] He did not allow her to associate with friends freely and attempted to have himself or someone he trusted near her at all times, accompanying her on window shopping excursions and to the movies and the opera.[3] Despite Hitler's efforts to control her, she did not seem to return his feelings and became engaged to Emil Maurice, a founding member of the SS and at the time, Hitler's chauffeur. Maurice was dismissed as a result, but later rehired and promoted. Maurice later claimed that he "...loved her, but it was a strange affection that did not dare show itself." If any hard feelings arose on Hitler's part due to this liaison, they did not last, and he and Maurice were reconciled: during his last two days alive, according to reports, he displayed two photographs on his dresser, one of his mother and one of his longtime chauffeur Maurice.[7]
Before Raubal's death, however, Hitler was also seeing other women, including 19-year-old Eva Braun whom he had known for two years (and who would attempt suicide at least twice before marrying and committing suicide with him in the space of a day and a night 14 years later) and Erna Hanfstaengl.[1] However, many historians believe Hitler was deeply in love with Raubal and that after she died he was a changed man (for the worse).[8] Even his close associates were puzzled by the extent of his relationship with Raubal and did not know its exact nature.[1] The many sketches of his which survived the war included some ordinary nudes and at least one of these depicted Raubal. Most historians surmise Raubal was distraught over her incestuous relationship with Hitler, could not escape it, and decided to kill herself as a result.
During the two years she lived in Hitler's flat, Raubal entered medical school, dropped out and then took up singing lessons, which she also dropped.[1] She was quite religious and attended Mass regularly.[3] Most contemporary accounts of those who knew her are favorable to Raubal, with the exception of Ernst Hanfstaengl, who said she was an "empty-headed little slut, with the coarse sort of bloom of a servant girl with no brains or character. She was perfectly content to preen herself in her fine clothes, and certainly never gave any impression of reciprocating Hitler's twisted tenderness."[3]
Her death occurred on a night when the entire Hitler household help was off duty except for a deaf worker, Frau Dachs, and it is said that it was a rare occurrence for Hitler to leave behind his gun.[1] By all accounts they argued intensely in the days leading to her death. Her brother Leo said that she had been happy at Berchtesgaden in the days preceding the beginning of her visit to Munich, on September 17.[1] She left a note behind, addressed to a friend in Vienna that read: "When I come to Vienna-- hopefully very soon-- we'll drive to Semmering, an..." The note was left unfinished.[3]
Ernst Hanfstaengl maintained that Raubal killed herself following a "flaming row" with Hitler, who had discovered she was pregnant by a Jewish art teacher in Linz.[3] Other reports claim that Raubal had requested permission to continue her voice studies in Vienna, and Hitler refused to allow her to go, causing their fight of September 18.[5][9]
Geli Raubal is buried in Vienna's Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof).
Some historians have found that Raubal's death inspired Hitler to become a vegetarian, although other historians dispute this assertion. For example, historian Thomas Fuchs reports that Hitler's experiments with vegetarianism as a young adult were "far from absolute in... adherence... in September 1931, he manifested an active loathing for meat" which followed the suicide of Raubal, "the niece with whom Hitler had been in love."[11]
American author and historian John Toland mentions that after Raubal's death Hitler became a near-vegetarian and "he meant it. From that moment on, she [Frau Hess] said, Hitler never ate another piece of meat except for liver dumplings. 'Suddenly! He ate meat before that. It is very difficult to understand or explain.'" Biographies by the German journalist Joachim Fest and British historian Ian Kershaw also state that Hitler became a near-vegetarian after Raubal's 1931 death. Food writer Bee Wilson writes that after Raubal's suicide Hitler's diet was "free of flesh," describes his strict vegetarian regime and notes, "It amused him to spoil carnivorous guests' appetites... As they put their forks down in disgust, he would harangue them for hypocrisy. 'That shows how cowardly people are,' he would say. 'They can't face doing certain horrible things themselves, but they enjoy the benefits without a pang of conscience.'"[12]
Author Michael Moorcock used the theme of her alleged suicide as the basis for his short story, The Nazi Canary, featuring his Sexton Blake-a-like character, 'Sir Seaton Begg'. The story was written for the short fiction collection, McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, edited by Michael Chabon.
Hermann Goring would later tell attorneys at the Nuremberg trials that Raubal's death had devastated Hitler to such an extent that it changed his views and relationships with all other people.[3]
Life
Raubal had a brother, Leo, and a sister, Friedl. Her father died at a young age.[4] She and Friedl accompanied their mother when she became Hitler's housekeeper; Raubal was 17 at the time and would spend the next six years in close contact with her uncle.[5]After World War II, her first cousin, Willy Hitler described his impression of Geli when he met her in Obersalzberg: "Geli looks more like a child than a girl. You couldn't call her pretty exactly, but she had great natural charm. She usually went without a hat and wore very plain clothes, pleated skirts and white blouses. No jewellery except a gold swastika given to her by Uncle Adolf, whom she called Uncle Alf."[6] Hitler's own mother had called his father "uncle" throughout their marriage.[3]
As he rose to power as leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler kept a tight rein over his niece, who would live at either his Munich apartment or his Berchtesgaden villa, where her mother served as housekeeper, after 1929.[1] He did not allow her to associate with friends freely and attempted to have himself or someone he trusted near her at all times, accompanying her on window shopping excursions and to the movies and the opera.[3] Despite Hitler's efforts to control her, she did not seem to return his feelings and became engaged to Emil Maurice, a founding member of the SS and at the time, Hitler's chauffeur. Maurice was dismissed as a result, but later rehired and promoted. Maurice later claimed that he "...loved her, but it was a strange affection that did not dare show itself." If any hard feelings arose on Hitler's part due to this liaison, they did not last, and he and Maurice were reconciled: during his last two days alive, according to reports, he displayed two photographs on his dresser, one of his mother and one of his longtime chauffeur Maurice.[7]
Before Raubal's death, however, Hitler was also seeing other women, including 19-year-old Eva Braun whom he had known for two years (and who would attempt suicide at least twice before marrying and committing suicide with him in the space of a day and a night 14 years later) and Erna Hanfstaengl.[1] However, many historians believe Hitler was deeply in love with Raubal and that after she died he was a changed man (for the worse).[8] Even his close associates were puzzled by the extent of his relationship with Raubal and did not know its exact nature.[1] The many sketches of his which survived the war included some ordinary nudes and at least one of these depicted Raubal. Most historians surmise Raubal was distraught over her incestuous relationship with Hitler, could not escape it, and decided to kill herself as a result.
During the two years she lived in Hitler's flat, Raubal entered medical school, dropped out and then took up singing lessons, which she also dropped.[1] She was quite religious and attended Mass regularly.[3] Most contemporary accounts of those who knew her are favorable to Raubal, with the exception of Ernst Hanfstaengl, who said she was an "empty-headed little slut, with the coarse sort of bloom of a servant girl with no brains or character. She was perfectly content to preen herself in her fine clothes, and certainly never gave any impression of reciprocating Hitler's twisted tenderness."[3]
Death
Raubal was found dead by members of Hitler's staff from a gunshot wound to the lung in her room in Hitler's Munich apartment on the morning of September 19, 1931, at the age of 23.[1] The official cause of death was listed as suicide. It cannot be known how objective the Munich police were in the investigation though, as Hitler already had considerable influence with them. The finding of suicide resulted from her door being locked from the inside, and no autopsy was conducted, although a doctor estimated her death had occurred the previous day, September 18.[1] There were many rumours. Since she was killed by a bullet fired from his gun, a Walther, it was whispered that Hitler shot her (or ordered her to be shot) for infidelity or other reasons. As these rumors circulated, Hitler himself released a statement to the Munchener Post reading: "It is untrue that I and my niece had a quarrel on Friday 18 September; it is untrue that I was violently opposed to my niece going to Vienna; it is untrue that my niece was engaged to someone in Vienna and I forbade it."[3]Her death occurred on a night when the entire Hitler household help was off duty except for a deaf worker, Frau Dachs, and it is said that it was a rare occurrence for Hitler to leave behind his gun.[1] By all accounts they argued intensely in the days leading to her death. Her brother Leo said that she had been happy at Berchtesgaden in the days preceding the beginning of her visit to Munich, on September 17.[1] She left a note behind, addressed to a friend in Vienna that read: "When I come to Vienna-- hopefully very soon-- we'll drive to Semmering, an..." The note was left unfinished.[3]
Ernst Hanfstaengl maintained that Raubal killed herself following a "flaming row" with Hitler, who had discovered she was pregnant by a Jewish art teacher in Linz.[3] Other reports claim that Raubal had requested permission to continue her voice studies in Vienna, and Hitler refused to allow her to go, causing their fight of September 18.[5][9]
Geli Raubal is buried in Vienna's Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof).
Effects on Hitler
Hitler had left town the previous afternoon for a speaking tour and returned from Nuremburg on hearing the news.[1] Hitler would later threaten to commit suicide while in seclusion at Tegern Lake. He had made similar threats during past moments of personal crisis or defeat, most notably after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler would keep a bust or portrait of Raubal in each of his bedrooms, and his entourage was instructed not to say her name.[3] Official Nazi photographer Heinrich Hoffmann said of Raubal's death, "That was when the seeds of inhumanity began to grow inside Hitler."[10]Some historians have found that Raubal's death inspired Hitler to become a vegetarian, although other historians dispute this assertion. For example, historian Thomas Fuchs reports that Hitler's experiments with vegetarianism as a young adult were "far from absolute in... adherence... in September 1931, he manifested an active loathing for meat" which followed the suicide of Raubal, "the niece with whom Hitler had been in love."[11]
American author and historian John Toland mentions that after Raubal's death Hitler became a near-vegetarian and "he meant it. From that moment on, she [Frau Hess] said, Hitler never ate another piece of meat except for liver dumplings. 'Suddenly! He ate meat before that. It is very difficult to understand or explain.'" Biographies by the German journalist Joachim Fest and British historian Ian Kershaw also state that Hitler became a near-vegetarian after Raubal's 1931 death. Food writer Bee Wilson writes that after Raubal's suicide Hitler's diet was "free of flesh," describes his strict vegetarian regime and notes, "It amused him to spoil carnivorous guests' appetites... As they put their forks down in disgust, he would harangue them for hypocrisy. 'That shows how cowardly people are,' he would say. 'They can't face doing certain horrible things themselves, but they enjoy the benefits without a pang of conscience.'"[12]
Fiction
Author Ron Hansen's 1995 historical fiction novel Hitler's Niece follows Hitler's and Raubal's relationship from the time of her birth throughout her life, with most of the story occurring during Hitler's rise to power in the late 1920s and early 1930s.Author Michael Moorcock used the theme of her alleged suicide as the basis for his short story, The Nazi Canary, featuring his Sexton Blake-a-like character, 'Sir Seaton Begg'. The story was written for the short fiction collection, McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, edited by Michael Chabon.
Film
In the 1944 US propaganda movie The Hitler Gang Raubal is portrayed by Poldi Dur.[13] Her suicide is depicted as the consequence of having been raped by Hitler. The 2003 TV miniseries portrays the relationship between Hitler and Raubal, albeit briefly. In the series, Raubal is portrayed by Jena Malone. In the 2005 film Uncle Adolf,[14] she is played by Elaine Cassidy.See also
Further reading
- Hitler & Geli by Ronald Hayman - 1997
- In de ban van Hitler: Maria Reiter, Geli Raubal, Unity Mitford, Eva Braun by Alex Alexander - 2005
References
1. ^ Steven F. Sage, Ibsen And Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist, And the Plot for the Third Reich. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Robert George Leeson Waite, The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
4. ^ Glenn Meade, Brandenburg. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
5. ^ Alan Bullock, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
6. ^ Giblin, James Cross, "The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler", Clarion Books, New York (2002)
7. ^ James Preston O'Donnell, The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
8. ^ Success and a Suicide, The History Place
9. ^ Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1889-1936 : Hubris. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
10. ^ Guido Knopp, Hitler's Women. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
11. ^ Fuchs, Thomas. (2000). A Concise Biography of Adolph Hitler. Berkeley. pp. 77-82. ISBN 0-425-17340-2
12. ^ Wilson, Bee (October 9, 1998). "Mein Diat - Adolf Hitler's diet". New Statesman. (Archived version)
13. ^ IMDb.
14. ^ IMDb.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Robert George Leeson Waite, The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
4. ^ Glenn Meade, Brandenburg. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
5. ^ Alan Bullock, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
6. ^ Giblin, James Cross, "The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler", Clarion Books, New York (2002)
7. ^ James Preston O'Donnell, The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
8. ^ Success and a Suicide, The History Place
9. ^ Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1889-1936 : Hubris. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
10. ^ Guido Knopp, Hitler's Women. Consulted on August 14, 2007.
11. ^ Fuchs, Thomas. (2000). A Concise Biography of Adolph Hitler. Berkeley. pp. 77-82. ISBN 0-425-17340-2
12. ^ Wilson, Bee (October 9, 1998). "Mein Diat - Adolf Hitler's diet". New Statesman. (Archived version)
13. ^ IMDb.
14. ^ IMDb.
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