Women of Adolf Hitler and their tragic fates. Eva Braun is a victim of constant love affairs. Eva shot herself in the chest to get attention

With everything negative attitude to this person, Hitler was also a person (if I may say so ...), who was characterized by ordinary human emotions and feelings. He also had women whom he loved, with whom he had a romantic relationship.
The most famous Eva Braun, long time former mistress Hitler. She became a wife almost a few hours before her death, they committed suicide together. But besides her, there were other women ...

1. Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler on their last day: both weddings and deaths

2. First love - Maria "Mitzi" Reiter. She was 16, he was 37 in 1926. Adolf promised to marry her and provide her with many "fair-haired children." But all this was to happen later, when he fulfilled his mission in life. The girl suffered from his inattention, tried to hang herself with grief, but unsuccessfully. Although she later married an SS officer. Later, Hitler's sister Paula said that only Mitzi could change Hitler's character and possibly keep him from losing his humanity.

3. Angela "Geli" Raubal was next. She was the daughter of Hitler's half-sister and was his niece. This love was considered the most significant in Hitler's life. It is believed that they began a relationship when she was 17. Hitler acted as an overbearing uncle and lover. The girl was kept under lock and key in a Munich apartment or in his villa near Berchtesgaden. True, many authors note that Geli had no feelings for Hitler.

4. In 1931, Raubal, at the age of 23, was found dead in an apartment owned by Hitler in Munich with a gunshot wound to her chest. Her death was declared a suicide. True, many say that Hitler most likely killed her as a result of a quarrel caused by a plan for her to move to Vienna. The bullet corresponds to Hitler's personal "Walter". Researchers note that after Geli's death, Hitler became much tougher and no longer let people get close to him, as Raubal, Hitler's personal photographer, said in his memoirs that it was this death that sowed the seeds of inhumanity in his soul.

5. Passionate passion - Erna Hanfstaengl. After the failed Beer Putsch in 1923, Hitler entered into a brief relationship with Erna Hanfstaengl, who was the older sister of his friend Ernst Hanfstaengl. Although, according to other sources, Erna did not take Hitler's advances seriously

6. Renata Muller, actress. Müller was very popular among the Nazis, she was perceived as the ideal of an Aryan woman. Renata replaced Marlene Dietrich in German cinema, who went to Hollywood from the Nazis. Renata, according to testimonies, also did not want to act in propaganda films

7. In 1937, Renata fell out of a hotel window. She was then 31 years old, and suicide or murder. Interestingly, director Zeissler talked about Muller's confessions. According to her, she had a connection with Hitler, and a masochistic one. Hitler crawled at her feet, begged him to beat him, all this was the only thing that could excite him. But her flight took place just a few days after this story, and before that, Gestapo agents entered the hotel

8. Another death - Inga Lei. Inga was the wife of Nazi Party official Robber Lay. According to rumors, she had an affair with Hitler, her nude portrait hung in his apartment. And again, she committed suicide in 1942. Although it may have been due to the drugs and depression associated with the difficult birth.

9. Unity Mitford - English socialite, who moved to Munich in the mid-1930s and quickly entered the circle close to Hitler. Hitler was crazy about Scandinavian myths, and her middle name was "Valkyrie", he called her the ideal of the Aryan woman.

10. Eva Braun was terribly jealous of Hitler for Unity Mitford. Eva complained in her diary that she, Hitler's "official" mistress, was laughed at, that Unity looked like a real "Valkyrie, especially her legs." In frustration, Brown attempted suicide, and Hitler began to pay more attention to her.

11. Like almost all of Hitler's beloved women, Milford also attempted suicide. True, the reason this time was the declaration of war by Great Britain on Germany. She shot at the temple with a pistol given by Hitler, a pistol with a handle adorned with pearls. True, this suicide was not entirely successful, Unity survived and returned to England. She could not recover until 1948, the bullet went deep into the head and could not be removed, complications led to the death of a woman.

12. In 2007, an article appeared in the English magazine The New Statesman, which indicates that Mitford was pregnant by Hitler at the time of her return to Britain and gave birth to a child in the hospital. This child, according to the author of the article, was given to foster parents.
Pictured: Unity Mitford with her sister Diana Mitford and nephews, 1935.

Charming Eva Braun for 13 years was the mistress of Adolf Hitler and a little more than a day the official wife of the Fuhrer.

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Photographs from the personal archive of the famous couple Nazi Germany, which were made by Eva Braun, who was very fond of photographing. It is very interesting to look at these photos even today.

Adolf Hitler reviews the album.

Eva Braun with her older sister Ilse. Ilsa was 4 years older than Eva. In 1935, Ilse saved Eva when she tried to commit suicide by taking a lethal dose of sleeping pills. Finding her sister unconscious, Ilse called the doctor.

Eva Braun was born in 1912 in Munich. Her father was a school teacher. The family brought up three daughters, Eva is the middle one. The Brown family was very wealthy: they kept a maid and had their own car.

Pupils of the monastery school Beilingris, 1922. Eva Braun is pictured second from the right.

Eva was educated at the Lyceum, and then spent another year at the monastery school. She did not differ in academic success, but she was a good athlete, she worked out for more than one year. athletics and even became a member of the Swabian sports union.

Munich, 1929 It was in this year, when she was only 17 years old, that Eva Braun met Hitler. The picture was taken in the living room of the Munich apartment of the Brown family.

At the age of 17, Eva got a job in the photography studio of Heinrich Hoffmann, who was at that time the official photographer of the Nazi Party in Germany. This place of work became fateful for her - in a photo studio she met Hitler, who was 23 years older than Eve.

Photography workshop of Heinrich Hoffmann in Munich, 1938. It was in this workshop that Eva Braun first met Hitler.

In the workshop of Heinrich Hoffmann, 1938.

Eva Braun with an umbrella. 1940

The meeting of Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler took place in October 1929 in a Munich photo studio. Eva was introduced to Hitler as "Herr Wolf". The future Fuhrer used this nickname in the 1920s for conspiracy.

Two years later, Hitler and Eva Braun had a strong relationship, despite the fact that the girl's family was categorically against this connection.

New Year's celebration at the Fuhrer's residence at the Berghof.

Eva Braun portrays Al Johnson, who starred in the first sound film, The Jazz Singer.

Eva Braun with younger sister Margaret. 1943

This photo was taken at Hitler's Alpine residence at the Berghof in 1942. Here, Eva and Hitler met quite often, and many pictures were taken there. It is known that the residence was guarded by an SS team. In 1944, there were about 2,000 people in the detachment.

Eva Braun at Hitler's Alpine residence.

Eva does gymnastics on the shores of Lake Königssee, which is still considered the cleanest lake in Germany today.

Eva Braun is filming with a 16mm camera.

During the bombing on April 25, 1945, shortly before the suicide of the Fuhrer and Eva, who became his wife, this magnificent residence was completely destroyed. The ruins of the Berghof existed until 1952, and then the Bavarian government decided to finally demolish them.

Eva Braun and Hitler's Shepherd. 1943

Negus and Coil - two Scottish terriers owned by Eva Braun and Hitler.

1931 Hitler with a security guard at his residence. On the back of this photograph, Eva Braun's handwritten inscription has been preserved: "This is the first visit to Berchtesgaden."

Eva Braun with architect and Reich Minister for Armaments and War Industry Albert Speer. Speer was one of the Führer's closest circle of people. He led projects for the restructuring of the NSDAP facilities, under his leadership solemn processions and festive demonstrations were organized. Speer is the author of the master plan for the reconstruction of Berlin. According to Hitler's plans, the capital of Germany was to become the capital of the world.

Eva Braun and Albert Speer.

At the Nuremberg trials, Albert Speer was charged with using the slave labor of concentration camp prisoners. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Speer served the entire term and was released on September 30, 1966. In prison, he wrote the book "Memoirs", and later several more books. Albert Speer died on September 1, 1981 in London.

Hitler was very annoyed by many of Eva Braun's habits: smoking, heavy use of cosmetics and the habit of sunbathing without a swimsuit.

It is worth noting that Hitler was annoyed by many of his girlfriend's habits. He could not stand the intensive use of cosmetics, had a negative attitude towards Eva's habit of sunbathing without a swimsuit and forbade her to smoke.

Celebration of the 54th anniversary of Hitler in his Alpine residence.

Hitler and Greta Schneider's daughter Ursula. 1942 March 5, 2011, 04:25 PM

Surprisingly, there have always been many young women among the fans of the Great and Terrible, and it was they who were his most ardent admirers, even in those days when the phrase "Adolf Hitler" did not say anything not only to the world, but also to professional politicians. The Fuhrer himself has always been known as a very gallant man - the chronicles are full of shots of kisses and kisses in, so to speak, a working environment ... Well, there were just legends about how Hitler was adored by actresses and cabaret singers ... Before you is the Fuhrer at a meeting with the troupe of one of the Berlin theaters - mind you, pretty young girls surrounded Adolf in a dense joyful ring ... What can we say about the women to whom Hitler somehow turned his attention ... So it's safe to say that the magnificent Marlene Dietrich became the only woman in the world who refused Adolf the courtesy of being his official mistress... She was his favorite actress, and Hitler was never shy about talking about it ... Well, did the Fuhrer manage to get his favorite into bed, will forever remain a mystery ... According to the official version, the Fuhrer primarily admired her dramatic performance, but the contemporaries of the dictator mentioned from time to time that Hitler spoke most often about the legs of the actress...
In 1937, Dietrich became an American citizen. But her ardent admirer until the last wanted her to return to Germany. However, even Rudolf Hess, who secretly met with Marlene, failed to persuade the actress to move to her homeland ... Moreover, in 1939-1945, Marlene took an active part in anti-fascist propaganda, performing as a singer in front of American soldiers. So much so that the Reich Minister of Propaganda Goebbels declares Dietrich a radio war ... Of course, the role of a brave anti-fascist woman only added glory to her star name, but ... But the actress returned to her native Germany only in a coffin - she was buried in a Berlin cemetery ... And this is far from the worst fate of the “fuhrer who liked it” ... What the female sex did not do because of Hitler! .. For example, Eva Braun tried to commit suicide twice ... Her acquaintance with Hitler happened in 1929, when she was 17, and Adolf was 40 years old ... According to contemporaries, it was " sweetest girl with a beautiful figure "... The drawings of Hitler himself only confirm the above ... She lived with him from 1932 until their joint suicide in Hitler's bunker in Berlin...
And this life can not be called too pleasant ...
The existence of the Fuhrer's permanent concubine was not advertised, in the minds of the Germans he was single, and Hitler received a huge number of letters from girls who dreamed of marrying him ...
So in his estate "Berghof" she occupied only the humiliating role of a simple "girlfriend". Nevertheless, she wrote in her diary: "I am the beloved of the greatest man in Germany and the world!".
The body of Eva Braun (after she had taken the poison) was burned simultaneously with the body of Hitler in the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin ... However, from time to time there are publications in the world press that Hitler and his wife (Eva married Adolf the day before his death) managed to escape from Germany... For example, to Argentina... In particular, in front of you is the house in which the Hitler couple allegedly lived a long and happy life... Magda Goebbels can be considered another victim of Hitler's charm... She personified the ideal of a German woman in the Third Reich. Beautiful and educated, a staunch supporter of the ideas of National Socialism, she shared the views and convictions of her husband, German Propaganda Minister and Berlin Gauleiter Joseph Goebbels in everything ...
She simply could not help but become the Fuhrer's favorite ... And she became her ... Nazi propaganda called Magda "the German supermother", she gave birth to seven children. According to contemporaries who knew well the high society of Germany at that time, it was Magda Goebbels who undoubtedly played the role of the first lady of the Third Reich. At official receptions and meetings there was not a single woman as close to Hitler as she was ... And on the sidelines it was whispered that not all of her children could consider dear Josef to be the father ... Yes, Hitler was very friendly with his propaganda minister, but this did not change anything, but only made the situation more piquant ... So the "first lady" of the Third Reich, the very personification of an Aryan and an aristocrat, quite sincerely wrote: "I love my husband, but my love for Hitler is stronger, for him I would be ready to die! ..". Indeed, when the collapse of the empire was confirmed, she killed her six children with her own hands and died herself ... Here are the posthumous photographs of the Goebbels ...
The seventeen-year-old niece of the Fuhrer Geli Raubal committed suicide because of her uncle ... Contemporaries claim that only Hitler truly loved her ... They first met in 1925, and Hitler was immediately fascinated by a fair-haired girl with a pleasant quiet voice. In 1929, Hitler rented a huge apartment in Munich and moved Raubal there. He took her everywhere with him - to rallies, conferences, cafes and theaters. Geli passionately wanted to become an opera singer and hoped for the help of her uncle in this ...
When rumors reached Geli that Hitler intended to marry Winifred Wagner (the bride in front of you), the widow of the composer Richard Wagner's son Siegfried Wagner, her despair knew no bounds. In turn, Hitler suspected Geli of a secret love affair with his bodyguard Emile Maurice... In the summer of 1931, Geli, who was tired of Hitler's despotism and constant frenzied jealousy, was about to move to Vienna. Hitler, who was leaving for Hamburg on September 17 to conduct an election campaign, categorically forbade her to do this, and on September 18 she was found shot to death in Hitler's own apartment. The mystery of Geli Raubal's death has never been solved. It was rumored that Hitler himself killed her in a fit of jealousy. According to another version, Heinrich Himmler made sure that no one distracted the Fuhrer from party affairs. There was also a version about the suicide of Geli, who learned that since October 1929 Hitler had met with Eva Braun. However, according to contemporaries, Hitler was very upset by the loss of his beloved ... The most talented actress and director, the beauty Leni Riefenstahl... This sophisticated beauty, having visited one of Wolf's performances, was so fascinated by his performance that she wrote him a letter asking for a personal meeting... Hitler could not pass by this amazing, energetic, masculinely demanding woman...
Among her contemporaries, she was a real black sheep - she flew on planes, dragged herself around the seas and deserts and filmed, filmed, filmed ... Even on the footage of the mean official chronicle, it is clear that "these two abnormals" were fine with each other .. Of course, according to the official version, they met only "at work" ... An innovative film director and Hitler's personal cameraman... These definitions remained close to Leni's name... Critics around the world unanimously agreed that although Mrs. Riefenstahl was not a member of the National Socialist Party, thanks to her films, thousands of people joined the ranks of the Nazis ... So for the rest of her life, she proved that she only wanted to make films, that she was interested in "pure art" ... But anyway, it was Leni who created the artistic symbol of fascism - the film "Triumph of the Will". The symbol is so convincing that they wanted to demonstrate at the Nuremberg trials as an illustration of Nazi ideology. Many years later, answering the question of whether she was proud of this, Riefenstahl said: “What are you, I regret that I took it off: if I had known what it would bring me, I would never have done it!”. After the end of World War II, Riefenstahl found herself behind bars several times and even spent two years in a lunatic asylum. In the end, all accusations of complicity with Nazism were dropped, and Riefenstahl was no longer prosecuted. Nevertheless, the entire world cinema turned away from the "chief director of the Nazis." None of her post-war projects (in which such stars as Anna Magnani, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais participated) were completed. She died at 102... Tzara Leander, a redheaded Swede with a deep, exciting voice,...
Officially, she met with Hitler only twice... How many of these meetings were in fact, today no one will tell you... "Nazi Greta Garbo", as her European colleagues called her... By the mid-thirties, she was already a star of Scandinavian cinema and cabaret, receiving invitations not only to various European film studios, but also to Hollywood. But he remains in Europe ... And in 1936 he receives a contract at the Ufa film studio in Berlin, where, after Marlene Dietrich refused to return from the USA, the superstar position was vacant ... Tzara turned out to be a real businessman, negotiating influence on film production and high fees. The dumbfounded Minister of Propaganda Goebbels calls her "the enemy of Germany" in the middle of the day, but the Fuhrer intervenes in the situation ... Her musical recordings were broadcast over loudspeakers even in concentration camps, making her a favorite of both prisoners and their jailers ... Which allowed some historians to argue that in fact Tsar was Soviet spy... For the rest of her life, she refused to be involved in politics, insisting that her job was to entertain, but ... In Germany she was branded a "traitor" and her films were banned, and in Sweden her name was associated with Nazi propaganda ... Actress died in 1981 in Stockholm... Olga Chekhova ... As you know, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov married the Moscow Art Theater actress Olga Leonardovna Knipper, and shortly before that significant event in family sibling actress, Konstantin Leonardovich, a girl was born, named after her aunt. Young Olga from childhood amazed others with her beauty, intelligence and self-control. The girl could get any education, but from childhood she dreamed of becoming an actress. And now this brilliant student of the Russian school of theatrical art becomes the "film star No. 1" of Hitler's cinema ... Her closest friends were Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, she talked with Goering's wife, actress Emmy Sonneman ... But most importantly, she loved Olga Chekhova the Fuhrer himself, who put it above recognized actresses Mariki Rokk and Tsary Leander. In Russia, films with her participation have never been shown ... Having no support, not knowing German language, a beautiful and smart Russian becomes first one of the stars of German cinema, and then the "state actress" of the Third Reich. The sentimental German public not only recognized, but also fell in love with Olga. True, in 1930, Chekhova had a rival, Marlene Dietrich, who, however, quickly disappeared in overseas Hollywood. By the way, Olga was also invited there, but she quickly returned to Germany. With the coming to power of Hitler, this act was appreciated. And here is what she wrote about meetings with the Fuhrer: "My first impression of him: timid, awkward, although he behaves with ladies with Austrian courtesy. It is amazing, almost incomprehensible, his transformation from a ranting bore into a fanatical instigator." In the end, Adolf gives her his photo with the inscription: "Frau Olga Chekhova - frankly delighted and surprised." After the war, Olga Konstantinovna Knipper-Chekhova practically did not act in films ... She died in 1980 at the age of 83 from brain cancer in Europe. Already after her death, two stunning news appeared: the first said that the famous Amber Room was hidden in Hitler's bunker in Thuringia with the code name "Olga", and the second - that the actress had worked for the NKVD all her life ... And immediately there was a lot of evidence and a lot of documents have been declassified, undeniably proving this ...

Recently published personal photos of Eva Braun from her own photo albums open to us with new side a woman who for a long time was Hitler's mistress, and in the last hours of her life became his wife. Braun became central to Hitler's life after the 1931 suicide of Geli Raubal, the future Fuhrer's twenty-three-year-old niece, who was also rumored to be his mistress.

The collection of unique photographs is part of an archive confiscated by the US military in 1945 and made public by collector Reinhard Schultz.

Eva Braun is filming with a 16mm camera. Today, photographs and newsreels taken by her are of great value to historians.

Eva was born into a respectable Bavarian Catholic family, where she was the second daughter. At the age of 17, she began working as a model for the photographer Heinrich Hoffmann (pictured left), the official photographer of the Reich. Through her work, she met “Herr Wolf,” a man with a “funny mustache,” who turned out to be Adolf Hitler himself. By 1931, Hitler and Braun had a relationship, and Hitler had already managed to become the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany. Eva's sister, Gretti, married Hermann Fegelein, an SS general. She managed to survive the war, but her husband did not. He is said to have been executed by Hitler's personal order in 1945. Pictured: Hoffmann, Hitler and Eva Braun at Hitler's residence in the Berghof, Germany, 1942. Hitler and Brown are looking at photographs of Hoffmann.

At Hitler's Alpine residence at the Berghof in 1942. Eva Braun and Hitler often met at the Berghof, and she took many pictures here. The residence was guarded by an SS team, and in 1944 there were almost 2,000 people in the guard detachment. This magnificent residence was completely destroyed during the bombing on April 25, 1945, shortly before the suicide of Hitler and Eva Braun.

Giler on a walk with his dog.

Two Scottish Terriers owned by Eva Braun and Hitler. Hitler also had a shepherd dog, Blondie. Eva simply could not stand this dog.

At dinner.

Afternoon nap.

There are many touching pictures of Hitler with children, which were sometimes used by Nazi propaganda to promote the Fuhrer.

Hitler and Eva's niece Ursula. Photo taken at Hitler's residence in the Bavarian Alps in 1942

Based on these pictures, we can assume that Hitler really loved children. As you can see, the first impression of a person from a photograph can be deceptive, and psychology is not as simple as it seems.

Eva with her niece

Eva with Albert Speer, architect and Reich Minister for Armaments and War Industry. Speer belonged to the Führer's closest circle of people. Under his leadership, NSDAP facilities were rebuilt, festive demonstrations and solemn processions were organized. Speer was the author master plan reconstruction of Berlin, which, according to Hitler's plans, was to become the capital of the whole world. During Nuremberg Trials Albert Speer was charged with using the slave labor of concentration camp prisoners. Speer pleaded guilty and received 20 years in prison. Speer had to serve the entire term, and he was released only on September 30, 1966. In prison, he wrote the book "Memoirs", which was a great success. He later published several more books.

Eve is boating on Lake Worthy

Eva at Hitler's residence at the Berghof, 1940 Hitler was very annoyed by many of Eva Braun's habits: smoking, heavy use of cosmetics and the habit of sunbathing without a swimsuit. In his presence, he forbade smoking. As you know, Hitler did not drink, did not smoke and was a vegetarian.

Eva does gymnastics on the shores of Lake Königssee, not far from her residence in the Berghof, which is still considered the cleanest lake in Germany today.

Pupils of the monastery school Beilingris, 1922. Eva Braun is pictured second from the right.

Munich, 1929 It was in this year, when she was only 17 years old, that Eva met Hitler. The picture was taken in the living room of the Munich apartment of the Brown family.

Eva Braun's family - father Friedrich Braun, mother Franziska Braun, Eva, sisters Ilse and Margaret. 1940

Eva with her younger sister Margaret. 1943

Carnival in the family circle (pictured Eva Braun in the depth on the right, in the center - her mother Franziska Katharina Braun), Munich, 1938.

Holidays with friends in Godesberg (pictured Eva Braun on the left), 1937

Bavarian Alps, 1935. Eva with friends

Eva with one of her friends during a party. She loved to have fun. She also liked to smoke, but she could only afford it in the absence of Hitler.

Eva Braun was a big fan of American films. In this photograph, taken in 1937, she portrays Al Johnson (as the picture is titled "I am Al Johnson") starring in the first sound film, The Jazz Singer, which surpassed the best silent films in its success.

New Year's Eve at the Berghof. Tellingly, in group photos, Hitler tends to be unemotional or sullen, even when everyone else is in high spirits.

Hitler at someone's wedding. He reminds me of someone...

April, 1943 Hitler celebrates his 54th birthday at his Alpine residence. Eve is on the far left.

Photography workshop of Heinrich Hoffmann in Munich, 1938. It was in this workshop that Eva met Hitler.

Childhood pure little eyes - Hitler in infancy.

Eva Braun's living room corner at Hitler's Berghof residence, 1937

The life story of Eva Braun was studied, retold, tried to explain. And they were perplexed: did this beauty really find happiness next to the monster? But that seems to be the case. Two days after their marriage, she accepted death. Along with the monster. And this is not bewilderment, but horror.

Kinder, kyuhe, kirche

The biography of our heroine is truly striking in its standardity, if we take into account at what time and next to what people she lived.

In 1912, a girl was born in Munich. In an ordinary family of an ordinary school teacher. The head of the family was a domestic tyrant and all his psychological problems decided at the expense of home.
Eva was sent to a school at the monastery, where she was taught to love the classic German "three K" - kinder, kuhe, kirche - children, kitchen and church. In her free time she was fond of sports. But in moderation, without fanaticism. In general, she treated everything evenly, believing that life is a rather boring thing, especially if there is no Prince Charming in it.

After graduating from school, she entered the lyceum in her native Munich, where, again, she did not stand out among her classmates. Moderately diligent, moderately diligent. Cheerful, but not violent. Protective but not intrusive. She went with her friends to the cinema, read romance novels and celebrity magazines. I liked to speculate at my leisure about how good it would be to find your happiness in life in the face of a lover good man with which one could build a house, raise children, travel the world. But she did nothing to make any changes in her life.
Parents sent Eva to the Institute of English Maidens, where they received a classic British education. Institute graduates were highly rated both as secretaries and as brides. Unlike many friends, Eva did not show activity on any of these fronts and, having finished her studies, returned to her parents' house.

Mr Wolf

Heinrich Hoffmann, owner of a well-known photographic studio in Munich, was recruiting. Eva suited him: lively, sociable, attractive, knows languages - an excellent assistant. And Eve liked the work: there are always a lot of visitors in the studio, including unmarried ones. But the girl is already seventeen, it's time, it's time to think about the family ...

It was here, in the studio, that an event took place that predetermined the rest of Eve's life. Sixteen of her thirty-three years. In a letter written by a girl older sister, she told how she was standing on a stepladder, sorting through photographs, when she noticed that a certain stranger, who was talking to Hoffmann on a sofa in the corner of the studio, did not take his eyes off her feet. The owner introduced this man to Eva as Mr. Wolf. The girl assured her sister that she did not know at that moment who he was. Historians are perplexed how Eva could not have guessed who was in front of her, because his face was familiar to her from the numerous photographs taken by Hoffmann at the congresses of the party in which he was a member. This party was called the National Socialist, and "Mr Wolf" was the party nickname of Adolf Hitler. How could a girl not recognize one of the most famous and scandalous politicians in Germany!

However, Eve's complete indifference in current social issues may well explain why she decided that in front of her was just “an aged gentleman with a funny mustache and a big felt hat in his hands.” The "Wolf" himself appreciated Fraulein Eva's legs, but did not show it. As Hoffmann later recalled, “she was an attractive baby, in whom, despite her insignificant and stupid look, or maybe thanks to this look, he found the inspiration he was looking for. But neither by voice, nor by appearance, nor by gesture did he demonstrate a deep interest in her.

smart man and stupid woman

I must say, and in the future, according to the majority of others, the passion in the relationship between Hitler and Eva Braun was one-sided. She fell in love with him with a sincere blind woman's love, completely dissolving in the unexpectedly acquired Man. Did Hitler love Eve? Perhaps not in the general human sense of the word. But no standard assessment is applicable to this person. At the very least, Adolf experienced the joy of possession. A forty-year-old man, full of complexes, including sexual ones, could command a seventeen-year-old nymph. And she gladly obeyed him. “A smart man should always choose a primitive and stupid woman,” said the Fuhrer.

How Hitler initially attracted Eve is not completely clear. Maybe she was pleased that he paid attention to her. a famous person. Or maybe Adolf really had a kind of animal magnetism. No wonder, according to rumors, during his public speaking ladies lost bladder control, and some even experienced orgasms.

But in relations with Eva, everything developed not at all so rapidly. Hitler began to invite her to the movies, to walks in the park, he gave her books of his beloved Karl May (Adolf loved to read "about the Indians", and Eva fell in love with westerns).

There was no talk of any physical intimacy then. However, many researchers generally doubt whether there was any sexual relationship between Adolf and Eve, at least in the traditional sense. Yes, the Fuhrer loved to look at the girl flaunting in suede underwear. But it didn't seem to go beyond that. However, private life Hitler is not fully understood. It is known that in his life there was one woman, in relation to whom he definitely experienced emotions that can be called love. It was his niece (daughter of half-sister) Geli Raubal. Hitler patronized her, appeared in society with her, came to her in the evenings in a house specially rented for Geli.

Without a rival

Some say that Eva was very worried about the presence of a rival. But her letters to her sister, in which Geli is mentioned, are more like invented girlish diaries than a real reflection of the author's thoughts. It seems that Eve was worried not so much because Adolf loved another, but because he did not love her, Eve. True, Hitler ordered his henchmen to check Braun's biography: was there Jewish blood in it? For the Fuhrer's associates, this was a sign of serious intentions on his part.

In 1931, Geli Raubal was found dead in her own apartment. It is not completely known whether it was suicide, but in any case, from that moment on, the relationship between Hitler and Eva entered a new phase. That is, it was Eva who decided for herself that now nothing and no one prevents her from admiring her beloved Adolf. He still treated her strangely: he could respond favorably to caresses, or he could be distant and cold. He could spend several evenings in a row with Eve, or he could not see her for months.

The girl's family was well aware of who she contacted, but Eva's father took an extremely convenient position for himself. He did not hide his displeasure at the fact that his daughter, who still lived in his house, became the mistress of the Nazi leader, but he did not forbid them to meet. However, since the beginning of the thirties, it would have been madness to contradict the will of Hitler, he had such influence. Well, when he became Chancellor of Germany - what are the objections. In the early forties, Eva's relatives moved to Hitler's residence, where they lived until the very end of the war, trying to catch the eye of the Fuhrer as little as possible.

"I live for your love"

Eva Braun wanted to love. She was not embarrassed by Hitler's age, or his gloominess, or his dubious sexual whims. In return, she needed only one thing: at least some manifestation of feelings. And Hitler treated Eve the same way - like the owner of a beautiful trinket. “Why do I have to endure all this? Eva wrote in her diary when Adolf once more was away. “I wish I never saw him!” I'm so unhappy. I'm going to buy more sleeping pills and fall into a half-asleep. And by the way, it was already 1935.

Eva tried to commit suicide twice, in 1932 and 1935. But, no matter how cynical it sounds, these attempts looked rather demonstrative. It seemed that Brown herself did not really believe in the reality of what was happening. Even a shot from her father's gun in the neck or taking pills seemed to her part of the plot of some adventurous self-made novel. Not without reason, in the same 1935, she writes: “The weather is so wonderful, and I, the mistress of the greatest man in Germany and on earth, sit and can only look at the sun through the window.”

Hitler gave her a house, which Eva furnished in her own taste, according to acquaintances, quite vulgar. Brown loved the outfits . Her wardrobe was a collection of the best examples of the then fashion. Moreover, Eva compiled a catalog: where the thing was bought, for how much, when and under what circumstances. Because all these things were donated by Adolf and reminded of him. She began attending Nazi meetings, but not because she was interested in their ideas. She just wanted to spend as much time as possible with Adolf. Eva had another cure for boredom - amateur films that she put on with herself in leading role and then showed it to Hitler. And the photograph, which the girl was seriously interested in, so that the pictures she took represent a unique chronicle of the pre-war life of the Nazi elite.

The Fuhrer appointed her personal secretary, which explained the presence of Eve at all kinds of official receptions. But at the same time, Adolf was cold with her in public and could even afford to openly discuss the impossibility of their marriage. Eva was crying, but for her, these grievances were still part of some invented romance. So that's how it should be. So, this is her female share. Still, he is the most beloved and most desired.

In 1938, Hitler wrote a will, in which Eva was the first among the heirs. She doesn't know anything about it. For her, evidence that Adolf cares about her is that they begin to live in the same house.

During important meetings that took place in Hitler's house, Eva was sent away so that she would not interfere. Yeah, she didn't mean to. Eva was not interested in politics to such an extent that historians cannot believe it. The Nazis destroyed Jews and Gypsies, burned books and marched across Europe, but Eva was worried about the war only from the point of view of the safety of her beloved: “If something happens to him, I will die!” After failed assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944, Brown wrote to Adolf: “I am beside myself. I'm dying of fear, I'm close to insanity. The weather here is beautiful, everything seems so peaceful that I'm ashamed... You know, I told you that if something happens to you, I'll die. From our first meeting, I swore to myself to follow you everywhere, also in death. You know that I live for your love." Indeed, Eve behaved as the wives of true Aryans should have acted. At the same time, Brown still had a status incomprehensible to many: no longer just a lover, but clearly not a life partner either. The Germans did not even suspect that their leader had Eve. Foreign spies learned of its existence only after the outbreak of World War II. But none of that mattered. The main thing is that Eva herself considered herself obliged to maintain unconditional loyalty to Hitler in any circumstances.

Honeymoon bunker

At the end of 1944, when it became obvious that a turning point had occurred in the war, Eva made a will, dividing property between relatives and friends. In February 1945, she moved to Hitler's bunker - last resort Fuhrer. Did Eve realize that the end was near? Some historians regard her loyalty as a sign incredible love. Others say that this is a consequence of the “half-sleep” in which Eve was all her life, they say, she was so out of the reality surrounding her that she did not understand the danger.

Be that as it may, Eva Braun understood that finally Hitler really needed her, that she had become his last support and only companion. “I am happy that I can be so close to him,” Eva said, refusing to leave the bunker even for a walk. Adolf was determined to stay in his lair to the end. Eve found it natural for herself to share his fate.

April 28, 1945 Eva became the wife of Adolf Hitler. What Eve had been waiting for sixteen years had happened. Brown did not feel any tragedy of the situation. On the contrary, she sincerely accepted congratulations, as every newlywed does. The next morning, Hitler drew up his last testament, in which he indicated that Eva "goes at will, as my wife, with me to death." Adolf accepted the last sacrifice from the one who adored him all these years. On April 30, the couple committed suicide by refusing to escape from the bunker. Their bodies were set on fire together in the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, but they were not completely burned and fell into the hands of the Soviet administration.

The beautiful novel of her life invented by Eva Braun found a fatal ending. And for Adolf Hitler, life was complete. Once he said to his friend: "The character of a man can be judged by two signs: by the woman he marries, and by the way he dies."

Uninvented Stories, No. 4, 2011

P.S

Many years later, very curious data were published, indicating that the remains of the "presumably" body of Eva Braun belonged to a completely different woman. The document on the examination of this body says the following. The corpse was badly burned - it was the most burned corpse of all that were examined by Soviet doctors. With great surprise, Soviet experts discovered in the left side of the chest, not far from the sternum, two holes, which were the result of a wound from shrapnel or a bullet. Modern explorer Hugh Thomas comments on the results of the autopsy as follows: “The autopsy data indicate that the person who was examined by the Russians was seriously injured by shrapnel DURING LIFE, because the accumulation of blood in the tissues can only occur during life, after death this CANNOT BE. So if the cause of death was cyanide poisoning, and the corpse was shot while it was burning, it could not have such distinct lesions. chest, lungs, pleura or heart. In addition, it is highly unlikely that fragments of shrapnel will penetrate into left side a corpse lying in a shell crater. This single detail calls into question the entire legend of this woman who died with Hitler.”

Eva Braun had perfect teeth but a few weeks before the collapse of Germany, she suddenly turned to her dentist Hugo Blaschke with a request to make her two exactly identical golden bridges. He was surprised, but complied with the request. Eva did not wear these bridges (detained by the Soviet side on May 9, Kate Heizerman, Blaschke's assistant, said that neither the dentist nor the patient had time to put them on). One was placed in the dental office of the Imperial Chancellery, and the second was supposedly somewhere with Eva. And so Soviet officers a body is found at the entrance to the bunker, dressed in Eva Braun's dress. The cause of death is clear - a severe wound from shrapnel. The head was mutilated beyond recognition, burned. In her mouth is a broken vial of poison and Eva Braun's golden bridge, untouched by a single scratch, which the dentist did not have time to install for her. The part of the jaw where the bridge was supposed to have been shattered by rough blows. Eva Braun had 26 of her own teeth, experts found only 11. Eva Braun had all her teeth in a well-groomed condition, they were naturally blackened in the corpse, without traces of any medical care for many years (is it possible at all, being in your right mind , imagine Hitler's girlfriend with black teeth, who did not know a toothbrush and medical care?). In a word, this is not the body of Eva Braun, but a clear attempt to pass off the body of some German woman who died from shelling as the body of Eva Braun. Therefore, we still do not know how this tragic novel invented by Eve actually ended.