New Documents Challenge Timeline of Geli Raubal's Death, Raising Questions About Hitler's Alibi

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• Geli Raubal, Hitler's niece, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest in September 1931 in Hitler's Munich apartment on Prinzregentenplatz.
• The official police report stated the body was discovered on September 19, 1931, by Hitler's servant Georg Winter, when Hitler was in Nuremberg.
• Harald Sandner discovered a death certificate and two obituaries indicating Raubal died at 10:15 on September 18, 1931, when Hitler was still in Munich.
• Sandner shared the documents with Der Spiegel and discusses them in an upcoming book, suggesting a possible cover-up by Nazi-affiliated police.
• Historian Thomas Weber of the University of Aberdeen said the documents suggest Raubal died a day earlier than previously thought, but this does not prove Hitler murdered her.
• German historian Heike Görtemaker argued the discrepancy is likely a transcription error by the registry office, as police and eight witnesses confirmed the later date.
• Hitler and Raubal lived together in Munich from 1929; she was studying medicine and taking singing lessons paid for by Hitler.
• Joachim Fest, Hitler's biographer, described Raubal as "the only, and, however inappropriate the expression may seem, great love of Hitler."