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Old November 23rd, 2022 #1
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LET ME BEGIN by saying that I refer to Adolf Hitler’s wife as "Eva Hitler," and not by her more-commonly used maiden name, "Eva Braun." The Fuehrer married her at the very end, and thus legitimized her place in his life and to posterity. His wishes should be respected.

Generally speaking, I have found that as the years and decades roll on, historical accounts of Adolf Hitler and the Hitler Era have become better and better. By that I do not mean that they have become more pro-NS in a subjective sense, only that they have become more factually accurate.

About 20 years back, Ian Kershaw wrote an excellent two-volume biography of the Fuehrer which was better than any mainstream treatment of his life that came before it. (I except the works of David Irving from the classification of “mainstream historian;” his writings are in a category by themselves, apart from and above those of other historians.)

I was looking forward to reading the new two-volume biography of Hitler by the German mainstream historian Volker Ullrich, in hopes that it would be better still. Alas, I was disappointed: for the most part, Ullrich’s biography is inferior to Kershaw’s.

But having said that, Ullrich does produce a chapter on Eva Hitler that is far more insightful and far kinder than those that have appeared previously. (Nerein Gun’s 1968 biography Eva Braun: Hitler’s Mistress was not too bad.) For the most part, mainstream historians have portrayed her as a silly, empty-headed bimbo whom the Führer kept around for his amusement or as a decoration. Not so, says Ullrich.

He ends the chapter with this appraisal of her:
The image of Braun as the apolitical, naïve mistress of the Fuehrer has also been revealed as a deliberate distortion by Speer and other members of the Berghof society in order to claim ignorance after the war of the criminal [sic] nature of Hitler’s dictatorship. Braun was by no means the dumb blonde observers mistook her for. She was a modern young woman who knew quite well what she was getting into with Hitler and who herself helped bolster the mythic aura of the Fuehrer with the photos she gave to Hoffmann and with her home movies, which she made for posterity. Like others who were part of the Berghof circle, she shared Hitler’s racist beliefs [sic] and knew too well about the exclusion and persecution of the Jews. (Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939, page 635)
I imagine that Ullrich thinks he is impugning her historical reputation with these words not rehabilitating it. I guess from his perspective, he is.

But the historical record speaks for itself: Eva was beautiful, intelligent, and loving – and in the end she proved braver and more loyal than many soldiers!


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Bibliography

Eva Braun: Hitler’s Mistress by Nerein E. Gun. Meredith Press, New York (1968).

Hitler by Ian Kershaw. Volume one: 1889-1936 Hubris (1998); volume two: 1936-1935 Nemesis (2000). W.W. Norton & Co., New York.

Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich (translated by Jefferson Chase). Alfred A. Knopf, New York (2016).

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Martin Kerr is the Chief of Staff of the NEW ORDER, the North American Affiliate of the World Union of National Socialists.
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Old November 24th, 2022 #2
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Eva Braun was a beautiful and intelligent woman, she liked sports and animals and intellectually was a real companion for Hitler, with whom he could well discuss everyday matters. Eva--as a photographer--prepared films of everyday life with Hitler in Berghof and elsewhere. In the night from the 28th to the 29th April 1945, shortly after 1 o'clock a.m., one day before their suicide, Eva Braun married her great love Adolf Hitler.
Her last letter to her sister Margarete Berta „Gretl“ (1915–1987):

"I must write you these words so that you will not feel sad over our end here in the shelter. It is rather we who are filled with sorrow because it is your fate to live on into the chaos that will follow. For myself, I am glad to die here; glad to be at the side of the Führer; foremost of all, glad that the horror now to come is spared me. What could life still give me? It has already been perfect. It has already given me its best and its fullest. Why should I go on living? This is the time to die; the right time. With the Führer I have had everything. To die now, beside him, completes my happiness. Live on well and as happily as you can. Shed no tears nor be regretful over our deaths. It is the perfect and proper ending. None of us would change it now. It is the right end for a German woman."

Eva Braun - Metapedia

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Old November 25th, 2022 #3
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Volker Ullrich mentions Eva's "home movies." You've probably seen short clips on documentaries, etc.: this is an extended, unedited selection.

The films show Adolf Hitler, his colleagues and their wives and children in a relaxed, informal setting, mostly shot at Hitler's Alpine estate, "The Berghof."

Running time: 35:30. Nearly all are in color. Silent.

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