Munich

New records put Hitler at center of renewed questions over his niece’s 1931 death

Newly uncovered archival documents appeared to challenge the established timeline of Geli Raubal’s 1931 death, placing Hitler in Munich when her body was reportedly discovered.

|ByASHER SMITH
Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler, with their two dogs Wulf and Blondi at the Berghof, 1942. Found in the collection of State Central Military Museum, Moscow.
Some hundreds of people gather on the square in front of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019; illustrative

German prosecutors identify likely suspect in deadly 1970 Munich Jewish center arson

On the evening of 13 February 1970, the building of the Jewish Community of Munich at 27 Reichenbachstraße in Munich, which was also a retirement home, was set alight using a petrol mixture.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER