His first choice was Heinz Hoffmann, the son of Heinrich Hoffmann , his personal photographer. Gretl did not find Heinz attractive and instead began a relationship with an American diplomat. When this came to an end she turned her attentions to Hitler's adjutant, Fritz Darges.
Hitler's secretary, Traudl Junge , has pointed out in To The Last Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary : "Gretl Braun was in love with Fritz Darges too, but a love affair with her was a little too dangerous and not private enough for young Fritz, so he hadn't been able to make up his mind.
Hitler also tried to persuade Walter Hewell , a member of his intimate circle, to marry Gretl. Hewell was responsible for liaison between Joachim von Ribbentrop , the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Hitler. On one occasion Hitler described Hewell as an "excellent diplomat But Hewel himself didn't fancy the idea. Hitler was so angry when Hewell married someone else he banished him from his presence. However, he eventually forgave him and he returned to his inner circle.
Traudl Junge , Hitler's secretary, later commented that Fegelein was very popular with the women at headquarters. He had a very large nose, and wore the Knight's Cross with oak leaves and swords.
No wonder he was used to women flocking around him. In addition he had a refreshing, sometimes very dry wit, and never minced his words. You felt he was a naturally frank and honest person. That helped him to forge a remarkable career quickly and unexpectedly.
No sooner had he appeared than he was sitting with us at table in the Berghof. He went to Bormann's nocturnal parties, drank to the health of all the important men there, and all the women were at his feet. Those who were not his friends were his enemies until he was firmly in the saddle. He was clever but ruthless, and had some very attractive qualities, such as the honesty with which he admitted that at heart he was a terrible coward, and had won his decorations doing heroic deeds out of pure fear.
He also frankly admitted that nothing was as important to him as his career and a good life. Christa Schroeder was another of Hitler's secretaries who found Hermann Fegelein attractive and admitted that "he was a recognised heroic figure for women". According to Schroeder, so did Eva Braun. She told a mutual friend, Marion Schonmann : "A few years ago the boss Hitler said that if I fell in love one day with another man, then I should let him know and he would release me If I had known Fegelein ten years ago I would have asked the boss to let me go!
Schroeder claims that the marriage on 3rd June , was arranged by Eva: "Greta Braun was, as one would say today, sexy, and Fegelein might have been thinking of the advantages of one day being Hitler's brother-in-law. Thus the marriage took place and was celebrated as a great occasion on the Obersalzberg and in the tea-house on the Kehlstein. Traudl Junge complained that even after marriage Fegelein continued to try to seduce the secretaries. According to Christa Schroeder , he had a very close relationship with Eva Braun.
Today I can recall clearly the unforgettable scene. After a dance Fegelein would lift Eva chest high. At eye level they would gaze at each other full of tenderness and loving: Eva was obviously strongly attracted to Fegelein. I am convinced that her feelings for him went well beyond those feelings for a brother-in-law, but I do not believe anything went on between them.
Albert Speer called him "one of the most disgusting people in Hitler's circle. At the beginning of the Soviet troops entered Nazi Germany. Hitler was now nearly fifty-five years old but looked much older.
His hair had gone grey, his body was stooped, and he had difficulty in walking. Hitler also developed a tremor in his left arm and leg. He had originally suffered from this during the First World War and also after the failure of the Munich Putsch in It was a nervous disorder that reappeared whenever Hitler felt he was in danger. The situation became so desperate that on 22nd April, Hitler sent his two secretaries, Christa Schroeder and Johanna Wolf , away. Schroeder later recalled: "He received us in his room looking tired, pale and listless.
As you are the longest serving, you will go first. In an hour a car leaves for Munich. When the Soviet troops first entered Berlin it was suggested that Hitler should try to escape. Hitler rejected the idea as he feared the possibility of being captured. He had heard stories of how the Soviet troops planned to parade him through the streets of Germany in a cage.
To prevent this humiliation Hitler decided to commit suicide. By the end of April soldiers of the Red Army were only yards away from Hitler's underground bunker. Although defeat was inevitable, Hitler insisted his troops fight to the death. Instructions were constantly being sent out giving orders for the execution of any military commanders who retreated. Hitler made a will leaving all his property to the Nazi Party.
On 27th April , Hermann Fegelein , who was married to Eva's sister, Gretl Braun , was arrested with his mistress in his apartment. The following day the negotiations that were taking place between Himmler and Count Folke Bernadotte were leaked to the press. Hanna Reitsch was with Hitler when he heard the news: "His colour rose to a heated red and his face was unrecognizable After the lengthy outburst, Hitler sank into a stupor, and for a time the entire bunker was silent.
According to Heinz Linge : "Fegelein was returned under armed guard he made a poor impression: wearing gloves, a leather coat and a sporty hat he looked like a Kurfurstendamm dandy. On Hitler's order he was arraigned immediately before a court-martial and sentenced to death for treason. Eva Braun, though clearly fighting an internal struggle, would not enter a plea for mercy for her brother-in-law even though Hitler indicated that he would commute the sentence on the highly decorated SS-0bergruppenfuhrer to 'atonement at the front'.
He remained impassive as the sentence of the court martial was read out. Traudl Junge has argued that Eva Braun had asked Hitler to spare Hermann Fegelein as his wife and her sister, Gretl Braun , was heavily pregnant: "I don't know just where I was when the news reached Hitler. He may have ranted and raged one last time, but when I saw him again he was as calm as before. Only Eva Braun's eyes were red with weeping, because her brother-in-law was condemned to death She had tried to explain to Hitler that it was only human nature for Fegelein to think of his wife and their child, and try to help them get through to a new life.
But Hitler was implacable. All he saw was deceit and treachery. On 28th April Adolf Hitler married Eva. Hitler tested out a cyanide pill on his pet Alsatian dog, Blondi.
Braun agreed to commit suicide with him. She could have become rich by writing her memoirs but she preferred not to live without Hitler. Braun told Hitler's secretary, Traudl Junge.
You may yet make your way through. And give Bavaria my love. Heinz Linge recalled: "After the meal Eva Hitler came to me to take her leave.
With a sad look she begged me at the finish: 'Should you meet my sister Gretl, do not tell her how her husband, Hermann Fegelein, met his death. Hitler told Goebbels: "Doctor, you know my decision.
There is no change! You can of course leave Berlin with your family. Hitler then asked to see Linge: "He stood stooped, the hank of hair, as always, across the pale forehead. He had become grey.
He looked at me with tired eyes and said he would now retire. It was hours. I asked for his orders for the last time. Outwardly calm and in a quiet voice, as if he were sending me into the garden to fetch something, he said: 'Linge, I am going to shoot myself now.
You know what you have to do. I have given the order for the break-out. Attach yourself to one of the groups and try to get through to the west. I saluted.
Hitler took two or three tired steps towards me and offered his hand. Then for the last time in his life he raised his right arm in the Hitler salute. A ghostly scene. I turned on my heel, closed the door and went to the bunker exit where the SS bodyguard was sitting around. It echoes on through all the rooms. We were expecting it Then came the shot. Heinz Linge took me to one side and we went in.
I saw Hitler slumped by the table. And I saw Eva with her knees drawn up lying next to him on the sofa — wearing a white and blue blouse, with a little collar: just a little thing. Eva Braun had just completed her Catholic convent education, and was living at home with one of her two sisters and her parents, who were protective towards her.
When she mentioned Hitler to her father after their meeting, he was hostile and dismissive of him. Hitler had recently moved to his larger flat in the Prinzregentenplatz, and Geli had moved in. There is little sign that Eva Braun was infatuated with Hitler, or that he paid more than occasional attention to her during Hitler, although he was undoubtedly extremely fond of her and found relaxation in her unobtrusive company, had always kept her out of sight, refusing to allow her to come to his various headquarters where he spent almost all of his time during the war years, and rarely permitting her even to come to Berlin.
Eva was a worldly type of girl - bobbed chestnut-brown hair, a make-up that was unconventional for the time, fashionable pullover and short, narrow skirts, silk stockings and high-heeled shoes.
From the start, their relationship was conducted in secrecy, not least because Hitler did not want to be associated in public with any one woman. I had imagined the Fuhrer's marriage differently in earlier years. Now when it was finally held there was probably nobody who was not disappointed.
There were few people present. When registrar Walter Wagner, clad in Volkssturm uniform, arrived shortly before one o'clock on the morning of 29 April, everything was ready. Hitler had had the situation conference room set up for the ceremony. At one side of the table were four chairs, one each for Hitler, Eva Braun and the witnesses Goebbels and Bormann.
After the witnesses had been advised as to their role they waited with the "guests". Registrar Wagner, as excited as Eva Braun, had a two-page typed document from which he requested the contracting parties to declare that they were of Aryan origin and free of any hereditary disease which would present an impediment to the marriage.
Then Wagner said in trembling tones: "I come now to the solemn act of the marriage. In the presence of the witnesses I ask you, mein Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, if you are so willed as to enter wedlock with Fraulein Eva Braun.
In this case I request that you answer with Yes". Hitler and his bride accepted our best wishes. After they retired ninety minutes later, we celebrated with the Goebbels family, Bormann. Champagne, sandwiches and tea were served in a fitting atmosphere. Only when Eva Braun comes over to me is the spell broken a little. She smiles and embraces me. And give Bavaria my love," she says, smiling but with a sob in her voice. The heavy iron door closes.
I am suddenly seized by a wild urge to get as far away from here as possible. I almost race up the stairs leading to the upper part of the bunker. But the Goebbels children are sitting halfway up, looking lost. They felt they'd been forgotten in their room. No one gave them any lunch today. Now they want to go and find their parents, and Auntie Eva and Uncle Hitler. I lead them to the round table.
The grown-ups have so much to do today that they don't have any spare time for you,' I say as lightly and calmly as I can. I find ajar of cherries, butter some bread and feed the little ones. I talk to them to distract them. They say something about being safe in the bunker, and how it's almost fun to hear the explosions when they know the bangs can't hurt them. Suddenly there is the sound of a shot, so loud, so close that we all fall silent.
A: It is important to stress that Braun, who travelled extensively and had a house in Munich and apartments at the Berghof in the Bavarian Alps and at the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin, was no passive bystander.
All members of the Berghof circle, including Eva Braun, were not just witnesses, but convinced of the Nazi ideology. It cannot be verified that Braun knew about the Holocaust. Yet this is hardly plausible, since quite a number of them were fanatic anti-Semites. Braun, like all others, was at least informed about the persecution of the Jews, depriving them of any civil rights. It is also possible that they would have brought her to a detention camp for that reason.
Even Ilse Hess, a Nazi member and activist, was just interned for her denazification hearing in June , and was released by March Hitler concealed his private life, even destroyed his private correspondence a week before he died. Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Eva Braun's work have you seen?
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