While the sexual preferences of many members of Hitler's inner circle are known, conclusive evidence of Hitler's sexuality is lacking. Hitler's sex life has long been the subject of speculation and rumours, many of which were invented or "spiced up" by his political enemies.
In research following Hitler's death, a variety of claims have been made about Hitler's sexual orientation: that he was gay, bisexual, or asexual. British historian Sir Ian Kershaw describes Strasser's statement as "anti-Hitler propaganda". Otto Strasser, one of Hitler's opponents in the Nazi Party, also told his post-war interrogators a similar story. Psychologist Henry Murray wrote a separate psychoanalytical report for the OSS in 1943 that drew similar conclusions. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) describes Hitler as having repressed homosexual tendencies and opined that he was an impotent coprophile. Two wartime reports by the Allies attempted to analyse Hitler psychologically. Hitler and Braun married in late April 1945, less than 40 hours before committing suicide together. Braun biographer Heike Görtemaker notes that the couple enjoyed a normal sex life. His relationship with Eva Braun, which lasted nearly 14 years, was hidden from the public and all but his inner circle. A third died of complications eight years after a suicide attempt, and a fourth also attempted suicide.Īdolf Hitler created a public image of a celibate man without a domestic life, dedicated entirely to his political mission and the governance of Nazi Germany.
His name has been linked to a number of possible female lovers, two of whom committed suicide. There is evidence that he had relationships with a number of women during his lifetime, as well as evidence of his antipathy to homosexuality, and no evidence of homosexual encounters. The sexuality of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, has long been a matter of historical and scholarly debate, as well as speculation and rumour. Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun with their dogs at the Berghof