Hitler's alibi for niece Geli Raubal's 1931 death collapses after historian uncovers THREE buried Munich documents
From the Newshound archive · first published 24 September 2026 · last updated 25 September 2026.
Adolf Hitler with his niece Geli Raubal, whose body the newly surfaced Munich documents suggest was found a full day earlier than the official account — destroying Hitler's alibi.Adolf Hitler and Geli Raubal, whose bitter final argument reportedly followed his blocking her plans to relocate to Vienna.
German historian Harald Sandner has found three Munich archival documents — a pair of death notices and an official registry entry — suggesting Geli Raubal's body was discovered on September 18, 1931, a full day before the long-accepted date, which would put Hitler in Munich when she died. The 23-year-old was killed by a shot from Hitler's own pistol in his Munich apartment; her death was recorded as suicide, yet no post-mortem was ever performed. Sandner says he has found a 'crushing mass' of evidence that dismantles a narrative held for 95 years, and believes Nazi-sympathising police officers manipulated records to shield Hitler.
Hitler had reportedly subjected Raubal to furious rows and obsessive control, and shortly before her death he refused to let her go to Vienna to pursue singing lessons.
Should Hitler have fired the fatal shot, Raubal could have been the sole person he ever killed directly with his own hands, as opposed to through orders given to others.
Historian Guy Walters challenges the theory, siding with a rival scholar who argues the date discrepancy amounts to a straightforward transcription error rather than proof of a cover-up.
