Eva wrote:
As far as Eva, she eventually had to attempt suicide herself to get Hitler to bond with her
You went there. I was hoping this thread wouldn't go there, but now it has, so I am forced to respond and stick up for my namesake.
Eva's two failed suicides (1932 and 1935) were not contrived as a means by which to secure AH's affection. She was sincerely trying to end her own life; even her doctors said so.
I never said that she wasn't sincerely trying to kill herself, at least in 1932 with a shot that barely missed the heart. I don't recall any details about another attempt.
Geli was heated with passion or lust or anger or jealousy.
Hoffmann never says anything like that. All his adjectives about Geli are very positive, although one gets the impression of a free-spirit.
Geli may have been murdered, and he may well have suspected as much. If Geli had been murdered to keep his mind on politics, he certainly wouldn't make the mistake of being openly in love again for fear that history could repeat itself.
I can hardly see that anybody could have predicted what effect her death/murder would have had on Hitler. It is just as likely that he would have given-up on politics altogether. And there is no hint that Geli was any more of a distraction on him than any other politician with friends and family. He went shopping with her, which--like most guys--he never would have done otherwise.
