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What happened to Gretl Braun - The sister of Eva Braun? [photos]     forum.axishistory.com :: 2009-01-20
This thread at the Axis History forum talks about what happened to Gretl Braun during and after the world war two. --- Margarete (Gretl) Braun was born 31 August 1915 in Munich. She worked as a clerk in photographer Heinrich Hoffmann's publishing company from 10 April 1931 to 1943. From 1 September 1943 she enrolled at Bavarian State school of Photography. On 3 June 1944 Gretl married Hermann Fegelein, a liason officer of Waffen-SS to Adolf Hitler. At end of war she was on Obersalsberg and travelled to Garmisch-Partenkrichen with a girlfriend of Eva Braun. In 1949 Margarete Fegelein moved from Garmisch to Munich, and on Feb. 6, 1954 she married Kurt Berlinghoff.    

Gold Adolf Hitler bookmark, stolen from an auction-house in Madrid, recovered     seattletimes :: 2008-11-27
Authorities have recovered a stolen gold bookmark that was given to Adolf Hitler by his mistress Eva Braun. Christian Popescu was caught trying to sell the bookmark to an undercover agent for $100,000 in Seattle. It's one of the items taken in an auction-house burglary in Madrid 6 years ago. The bookmark (its authenticity is questioned) is inscribed with a portrait of Hitler as well as an imperial eagle and swastika. Eva Braun gave it to Hitler to console him after the Stalingrad. "My Adolf, don't worry, only an inconvenience that will not break your certainty of victory. My love for you will be eternal, as our Reich will be eternal. Always yours, Eva. 3-2-43."     [Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders]

Adolf and Eva - Documentary     nzherald :: 2008-05-19
Eva Braun was an attractive young woman drawn into the circle of an powerful man, 23 years older than her. Documentary "Adolf and Eva" focuses on Eva after Adolf Hitler walked into the photography studio where she worked, and a relationship began. The documentary is based on the recollections of Eva's maid, and it also introduces other women around Hitler: Mimi Reiter and Geli Baubal. The documentary keeps the re-enactments to a minimum. It doesn't need them, because it has Eva's home movies, showing a cheery young woman flirting with her lover and the camera.     [Eva Braun: Hitler`s Mistress & Wife]

Eva Braun dress sells for $35,875 -- Mistress of Adolf Hitler     ecommwire :: 2007-09-16
Manion's International Auction House, Inc. has brokered the sale of thousands of historic collectibles, but a recent sale of a dress belonging to the mistress of Adolf Hitler has attracted attention. In an auction which closed on August 26, 2007 a tangerine silk evening gown reached a price of $35,875. 'We were amazed,' said John Conway. "We knew it was a unique item, and have sold items belonging to her before, but several bidders took this one higher than we anticipated." The company had recently featured other dresses and documented personality items belonging to Eva Braun, which reached realized prices in the $10,000-$13,000 range.    

Controversial Eva Braun Toy Car on Exhibit at DFW Toy Museum     24-7pressrelease :: 2007-06-13
Of the more than 3,000 rare replicas and toy cars at DFW Elite Toy Museum, one is a lightning rod for controversy. The Eva Braun Car, built by Tippco, continues to be a subject of debate among historians. "Only 5 of these Tippco models are known to exist worldwide, and there is so much debate about their history. Many historians deny such a car ever existed, but others disagree and speculate that the toy is based upon a car that Adolf Hitler gave to his mistress." The tin-plate replica of a 1938 Mercedes 540K is gold. Tippco built it in 1942, and Sturgeon spent 5 years searching for it. Dubbed the Eva Braun Car, it is valued at $12,000.     [Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders]

The Lost Life of Eva Braun - Biography of Frau Hitler     independent.co.uk :: 2007-02-12
When Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker on April 29, 1945, he wasn't alone. Joining the Fuhrer in death was Eva Braun, his mistress of 13 years, whom he married just 36 hours before. Who was Eva Braun, a woman whose name remains recognizable 62 years after her death? Angela Lambert has penned a biography, only the second about Eva Braun to be written in English. Eva Braun made herself indispensable to Adolf Hitler, making him laugh and relax. "I've always said that I shan't go on living if anything happens to you. You know that my whole life is loving you," she wrote him in 1944, after an assassination attempt left Hitler wounded.     [Eva Braun: Hitler`s Mistress & Wife]

Adolf Hitler's love book to Eva Braun for sale - Inscribed with "My darling Eva"     upi :: 2006-04-19
A book of Bavarian poetry Adolf Hitler gave his girlfriend Eva Braun in 1940 with a sentimental inscription is up for auction with an asking price of $175,000. The copy of "Josef Filsers Briefwexel" is inscribed in German with the words: "My darling Eva. A gift of love from the heart. Adolf Hitler. Berlin Jan. 19, 1940." The German adjective Hitler used for darling indicates a sincere, tender affection. It is the only known written indication of affection Hitler showed for Braun. The pair later married, and committed suicide together in a Berlin bunker.     [Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders]

The hell of loving Hitler - Eva Braun     timesonline :: 2006-03-13
She was Hitler's lover for 14 years. But few know the truth about Eva Braun. Now, private diaries reveal a woman in her sexual prime tortured by her passion for the Führer. Erich Kempka, Hitler's personal chauffeur, called Eva Braun "the unhappiest woman in Europe". Albert Speer said: "Eva Braun will be a great disappointment to historians." Chroniclers of the Third Reich have followed like sheep. There has been little research into her life and until now she has been dismissed as a lightweight who was not worth investigating. As a result, Eva Braun has never been given credit for the skill with which she managed her role at the heart of Hitler's private life.     [Eva Braun: Hitler`s Mistress & Wife]

The Eva Braun story: Behind every evil man...     independent :: 2006-03-12
She was a good Catholic girl. Her ordinariness was her defining quality. So why did she devote herself to Adolf Hitler? As a major new biography is published, Frances Wilson looks at her strange life - and death. It wasn't much of a wedding; just the bride and groom and a few of his colleagues. Appropriately for a workaholic, the ceremony was held in his office without ceremony, but there was plenty of champagne in the store, so they drank a hearty toast to the bride. She would have preferred to wear a different dress of course, so it was all a bit disappointing, but she wasn't going to let silly things ruin the moment she had waited 15 years for.    

Anna Plaim: Chambermaid for Hitler - Wearing his slippers while cleaning     scotlandonsunday :: 2005-02-13
New insights have emerged into the private life of Adolf Hitler from his former chambermaid, who has admitted that she used to stand in his slippers while cleaning his room. Anna Plaim, who came from the Austrian village of Loosdorf, was 20 years old when she was employed as a chambermaid for Hitler in 1941. In a book she describes how she worked at the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps. Plaim's account of life at the Berghof adds weight to the suggestion that Hitler did have a sexual relationship with Eva Braun, even though the two slept in separate rooms.    

Revealed: the man who wed Hitler and Eva     guardian :: 2004-10-28
If the marriage of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun wasn't actually made in hell, they were at least wed in some of the most hellish conditions imaginable. Facing death together in their Berlin bunker, they celebrated their vows by sharing a glass of champagne with Joseph Goebbels and his family. But key pieces of information about Hitler's wedding and final hours are missing. One unanswered question concerned the presence of a mysterious, low-ranking Nazi official at the nuptials. Who was he? Two British writers have finally uncovered the truth about Walter Wagner.    

My cousin, Eva Braun - Days at Berchtesgaden     guardian :: 2002-04-28
As a 20-year-old, Gertrude Weisker joined her cousin Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress at Berchtesgaden for lonely days of swimming and killing time in the dying months of the war. Now in her late 70s, Gertrude insists neither she nor Eva were Nazis. To me, Eva was always a cipher: a glamorous blonde often filmed playing at different sports, or photographed dressed in Bavarian costume, by the Führer's side. She was very sporty, and to me she was very beautiful. She always changed dresses, five times, seven times a day.    

Hitler's Hausfrauen - His view of the opposite sex     telegraph.co.uk :: 2001-03-31
"The greater the man, the more insignificant should be the woman", was how Adolf Hitler summed up his view of the opposite sex. He idealised the meek, faithful Hausfrau. He had only two serious relationships, both of which ended with the woman's suicide - his niece Geli Raubal, who shot herself rather than have to put up with her uncle's dangerous jealousy, and Eva Braun, who took poison in the bunker in Berlin rather than face life without him. Other women adored him enough to kill themselves. The actress Renate Mueller threw herself out of an asylum window; Unity Mitford put two bullets in her head in Munich when war broke out in 1939, but survived.     [Nazi Women of Third Reich]

Album reveals the secret life of Hitler's wife, Eva Braun     telegraph :: 2000-12-04
The secret life of Adolf Hitler's wife, Eva Braun, was revealed after the discovery of a private photo album showing her in playful poses, relaxing in a swim suit and receiving a kiss on the hand from the Fuhrer. The leather-bound album of 100 pictures, traced by the German ZDF, is thought to be one of 5 made by Braun as Christmas presents in 1941. Eva Braun, Hitler's lover for a decade until their suicide in the Fuhrer's bunker in Berlin, lived hidden away at Berghof, the dictator's hideaway in the Austrian Alps. When important political guests came to visit, she was banished to her room.     [Eva Braun: Hitler`s Mistress & Wife]

See also:
'Women of Third Reich'
'Test Pilot Hanna Reitsch'
'Leni Riefenstahl'.

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