When Family Means Blood, Literally: Hitler’s Nephew Who Fought His Uncle In War
The man you see on the left is one of the most recognized faces in the world. The man on the right, not so much. But he ought to be.
The man I speak of is Adolf Hitler’s nephew, or half-nephew, William Patrick Hitler (who later changed his last name to Stuart-Houston). A man who, despite belonging to a family with one of the most condemned last names ever, waged war against his uncle for what he believed in.
Forming a Relationship with Hitler
William, the son of Hitler’s half-brother Alois Junior Hitler, was born in Liverpool, England, in 1911. But even though he lived away from his uncle at first, his relationship with him began to grow well into the 1930s.
It was 1930 when he saw Hitler giving a speech at a Nazi rally for the first time, which must have been quite the first impression of his uncle. In 1931, he wrote a series of articles depicting Hitler’s life behind the public eye, after he spent some time with him in Germany.
Apparently, these articles didn’t fit the liking of Hitler, who ordered him to retract them. Unbeknownst to Hitler, though, what is published cannot easily be reverted.
