Years ago I was having an online political discussion, and Hitler came up (shocking, right?). Anyway, someone mentioned he had a niece that died of suicide, with the insinuation of some kind of pedophilic predation. And it fits the narrative. I mean, if Hitler's already the most evil person to ever live, then why not make him a pedophile too?
But if anyone wants to entertain the idea that Hitler wasn't as bad as they say, then I have an alternative thought about it. ➡️
➡️ Now, Hitler was a decorated WWI vet, who fought in the trenches and survived a gas attack. Losing my son was bad, but being a soldier in WWI would be worse.
Imagine though, what if Geli Raubal (Hitler's niece) played a similar role in his life. What if Geli helped Hitler to maintain his humanity after what he had lived through.
She died in 1931. If Weimar was everything they say, with the poverty and all the prostitution, and the largely Jewish profiteering from it all... 🤔➡️
➡️ What if young Geli had somehow become ensnared in all of that. If all of Germany was like an inner-city American ghetto, then how likely is it that a young woman would get caught up in some ghetto shit? 🤔
And in a time when shame mattered more than it does now, what if the shit Geli got caught up in, drove her to suicide? What are the odds that Hitler would blame the Jews?
I've always been baffled by Hitler's irrationality. But if there's any truth to this supposition, then maybe I can see.
@YoMomz It's an interesting thought, and your attempt to analyze his situation with your own is rational. Unless we have her journal or a verified suicide note, it's impossible to say why for sure.
@DoubleD - Yeah, it just kinda clicked in my head as I was driving my shift at work today, listening to the show.
I've read that her death was a transformative event for him. It's what made Hitler become Hitler (by some accounts). They say that's when he became a vegetarian, because reportedly meat reminded him of dead flesh, and he could no longer bear it.
Who knows? 🍻
Hitler was a legit infantry badass who went back for more, more than once.
It's irritating that we are actively discouraged from objectively appraising Hitler as an actual human being instead of an avatar of comical evil.
It just makes the stans turn him into Hitler Jesus & the progressives turn him into Hitler Satan. No-one is served by this, except Jews perhaps.
I would be interested in a biography that also gave a fair psychological account of his life.
Recommendations?
@UncleIroh - Thank you! Me too. I just managed to have my son move to my town over this summer. And he should be around for as long as I can secure his mother's cooperation. It's a shitty deal on the face of it, 🤔 but time is irreplaceable... so I'm not gonna grouse overly much, but just enjoy the time I have and be grateful. It does feel like a cosmic imbalance has been corrected.😁🍻
I haven't read any legit biographies, but my thoughts were just from little factoids picked up here and there.
Dude, it sounds like we have similar stories and believe me I know exactly how you feel.
I've gone through very dark days, days where all I've seen is the deepest of deep reds. I'm no longer in that place, but holy shit, it's been a tough row to hoe.
Blessings to you and your boy.
➡️ Back when my son was taken from me, my days were very dark for a long time. I wanted to leave a trail of bodies in the wake of my wrath. And I was ready to chop down an entire family tree.
But I had a niece. She's grown now, and acting like a typical young woman, sadly. But at the time she was a sweet girl, who pestered me with her smile, until the cloud over my head would lift for a short spell.
Unknowingly, she helped me decide to keep my humanity, instead of going for the high score. ➡️