Overview
- A newly reported entry in the Munich civil register records Geli Raubal’s body as found on 18 September 1931 at 10:15 a.m., contradicting the long‑accepted account that the discovery occurred on 19 September.
- A reconstructed schedule places Hitler in Munich that morning for a party event, which undermines the decades‑old alibi that he had left the city before Raubal’s death was discovered.
- Historian Harald Sandner says his multi‑year review found more than 220 indicia, 12 possible motives, and 62 alleged errors or manipulations in official records and argues his forensic‑style analysis points to Hitler as the primary suspect; his book is due in November 2026.
- Key forensic limits remain: no autopsy was performed, contemporary press reports noted additional injuries beyond a gunshot, and researchers have not produced physical evidence proving a coordinated cover‑up.
- The discovery has reopened scholarly debate and public scrutiny of Nazi‑era records, with major German outlets reporting Sandner’s claims and established historians urging caution while archives and documentary analysis are re‑examined.