Heike B. GÃ¶rtemaker,Damion Searls
In this groundbreaking biography of Eva Braun, German historian Heike B. GÃ¶rtemaker delves into the startlingly neglected historical truth about Adolf Hitlerâ€™s mistress. More than just the vapid blonde of popular clichÃ©, Eva Braun was a capricious but uncompromising, fiercely loyal companion to Hitler; theirs was a relationship that flew in the face of the FÃ¼hrerâ€™s proclamations that Germany was his only bride. GÃ¶rtemaker paints a portrait of Hitler and Braunâ€™s life together with unnerving quotidian detailâ€”Braun chose the movies screened at their mountaintop retreat (propaganda, of course); he dreamed of retiring with her to Linz one day after relinquishing his leadership to a younger manâ€”while weaving their personal relationship throughout the fabric of one of historyâ€™s most devastating regimes. Though Braun gradually gained an unrivaled power within Hitlerâ€™s inner circle, her identity was kept a secret during the Third Reich, until the final days of the war. Faithful to the end, Braun committed suicide with Hitler in 1945, two days after their marriage. , Â , Through exhaustive research, newly discovered documentation, and anecdotal accounts, GÃ¶rtemaker has meticulously built a surprising portrait of Hitlerâ€™s bourgeois existence outside of the public eye. Though Eva Braun had no role in Hitlerâ€™s policies, she was never as banal as she was previously painted; she was privy to his thoughts, ruled life within his entourage, and held his trust. As horrifying as it is astonishing, ,Eva Braun, will undoubtedly be referenced in all future accounts of this period.
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Eva Braun: Life with Hitler