Romano Lukas Hitler claimed to be the nephew of the genocidal Nazi dictator. He claims he abandoned in a Slovakian orphanage while his parents fled to Austria
A man who claimed to be the last living relative of Adolf Hitler in Germany is officially dead, authorities have confirmed.
Romano Lukas Hitler, who claimed to be the nephew of the genocidal Nazi dictator, died in June 2022, according to records uncovered by Germany’s Bild newspaper. Romano claimed he was from the lineage of Adolf Hitler’s younger brother, and an as a child, he was abandoned in a Slovakian orphanage while his parents fled to Austria.
Born on September 6, 1950 in what is today Poland, Romano spent the last decades living in the city of Görlitz, near the German-Polish border. He later grew up with foster parents in Poland until he turned 18, and in 2012, moved to Görlitz in eastern Germany from a small town in western Germany, lured by cheaper groceries across the Polish border.
Hanging over his couch were portraits of Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Angela Merkel, and even Muhammad Ali, along with an inverted German flag, a practice often carried out far-right extremists, which also dominated the wall.
He lived off £539.42 a month in social welfare benefits until retirement and in 2018 he made headlines after appearing in court charged with gross act of kissing a 13-year-old girl without consent. He was fined €800 and little was heard of him since.
The newspaper confirmed he died on June 22, 2022 in Duisburg, an industrial city in western Germany known for its steel production and large multicultural population. The cause of his death remains unclear.
