Was Hitler's Homosexuality Nazism's Best-Kept Secret?

Insight Magazine ^ | Feb. 4, 2002 | Nathaniel S. Lehrman

[Warren]

I don't believe it.

[Charles Martel]

He also loved German Shepherds....

Yes, the stories Blondi could've told... Adolf poisoned her, did he not?

[Pharmboy]

They were obsessed with uniforms now, weren't they? And they were neat freaks also, eh?

[The KG9 Kid]

Nazis wore flamboyant costumes as uniforms. Lots of silver trim, fashionable black, and fancy armbands. Some Nazi uniforms even had pink piping along the fringes. Just look at their officer's hats, for crying out loud. Don't even get me started on the Nazis' shiny knee-high boots.

Heterosexuals on the other hand, wore plain olive drab trousers, socks, shirts, and coats.

Guess who won WWII? ;-]

[elbucko]

Whether Hitler was a pansy or not is one of those questions like; Is there life on other planets?

The answer in the affirmative or negative is profound.

[jlogajan]

Yeah, this seems like just more lame gay bashing -- but I have to agree that what goes around comes around. Gay advocates are always claiming historical figures they like were closet gays -- on little or no evidence. So I guess they can't complain too hard when the same tactic is reversed on them.

Never the less, Nazism is not to be blamed on homosexuality anymore than it was to be blamed on Darwin or whatever the current anti-fad of the day is.

Power lust is bad and it occurs in all types and orientations of people.

[Khepera]

Looks like you desire a Nazi atmosphere to me OWK

[FrogMom]

I have read hints before that Hitler swung both ways. And outright assertions that his inner circle was very homosexual. He gathered thugs around him that he "had the goods on" so they would do EXACTLY what he wanted.

[Khepera]

Look ArGee its OWKs dream world come alive.

[RoughDobermann]

What a bunch of cr*p. Anyone who has done the slightest amount of research regarding Hitler will realize that he was never the same after his niece, Geli Rabaul, commited suicide after his affair with her. She began an affair with his chaffeur, he found out about it, and went nuts (yeah, even more than usual). His jealousy apparently drove her to do herself in. Doesn't sound like a homosexual's behavior to me.

[sphinx]

Their sexual ideal was the man-boy relationship extolled and engaged in by the Greeks, Crusaders and Teutonic knights.

Hitler's possible homosexuality is an old story (on which I'm agnostic), but this is the first time I've run across this assertion about Crusaders and Teutonic knights. Anybody know what that is based on?

[stanz]

I don't think Blondie could have told too many stories. He kept her pretty much in the dark. But I don't think there were any love triangles involving little Nazi-boys.

[joathome]

First I read about this was at least 6 or 8 years ago. It's been around awhile.

[Focault's Pendulum]

I don't know if Hitler was gay or not, but I do know that this writer's is full of it. He says Hitler was associated with the right wing and fierce anti-communists. But we all know for a fact that since the word "socialist" appears in the name of the NAZI party, that they (and Hitler) had to be LEFT-wing and PRO-communist.

The Nazis stood for "National Socialism"....not to be confused with communism. Their right wing politics were so called because of their strong Nationalistic feelings of Aryan omnipotence...not to be confused with a right wing republican of the present day.

[OWK]

You're a simpleton.

[Khepera]

So? He was jealous because the chauffeur was his. Sodomites can get jealous too!

[joathome]

"Now, if you want to know something really bizarre about Hitler's sex life - here's an anecdote. Of the seven women he is known to have had sexual relations with, six attempted suicide and five succeeded."

No, I didn't know that. But, those odds are just tooooo wild. Don't you think they may have been murdered? Perhaps the Fueher was just a bit paranoid about his abilities in bed? :(

[UCANSEE2]

I have read hints before that Hitler swung both ways. And outright assertions that his inner circle was very homosexual. He gathered thugs around him that he "had the goods on" so they would do EXACTLY what he wanted.

Sounds like our ex-president !

[Focault's Pendulum]

No, I didn't know that. But, those odds are just tooooo wild. Don't you think they may have been murdered? Perhaps the Fueher was just a bit paranoid about his abilities in bed? :(

At least one verified sucide was his niece.