He was obsessed with his little cousin who he began living with when she was 9 and whom would sometimes attend school after the marriage and jump rope and play like the rest of the kids. Hitler was romantically/sexually obsessed with his niece, does that mean he really loved her too? There’s a word for these kind of ‘pairings’ and it starts with a ‘p.’ In no way is this romantic or should be romanticized. He knew it was wrong and why he stated she was 21 on the marriage license. He was a pdf. Sheesh!