Page 40 - All About History - Issue 180-19

HItler

In love

Uncover the lives of the women who fell in love with

one of the most hated men of the 20th century

Written by Kate Marsh

t was a Saturday morning when the body
was found face down on the floor in the
Munich apartment. A bullet wound near
the 23-year-old’s heart had killed her, and
Ithe 6.35mm Walther pistol lay on the sofa
nearby. It had belonged to the man who owned
the apartment – a man who was known across
Germany and who was beginning to garner
attention around the world. His name was Adolf
Hitler, and the apparent suicide of his half-niece
would change him forever.
The young woman was Geli Raubal, and
she had been full of life. A music student,
she was known among Hitler’s inner circle
as an ‘enchantress’ and a ‘princess’, and the
burgeoning politician often had her on his
arm at meetings and events, eager to show
off his half-sister’s daughter to all who would
pay attention. Neither had thought that their
relationship would come to such an abrupt,
violent end – after all, their affair had started
inconspicuously enough.

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