The Lost Life of Eva Braun ; Angela Lambert

The Lost Life of Eva Braun ; Angela Lambert

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Eva Braun, despite being categorized as a nonentity, holds a prominent place in history. Although she has often been dismissed as a racist and a frivolous shop girl, her name remains widely recognized even after sixty-two years since her demise. Leaving her convent school at the young age of seventeen, Braun encountered Hitler a few months later and became his mistress before turning twenty. The remarkable aspect lies in how this unsophisticated young woman, twenty-three years his junior, managed to maintain an exclusive sexual relationship with the most powerful man in Europe for a duration spanning from 1932 until their joint suicide. Questions arise regarding the authenticity of their love affair and the factors that influenced Braun, a middle-class Catholic girl from Munich, who shared an intimate life with Hitler. The apparent ordinariness and decency that she displayed seem incompatible with her unwavering loyalty to the despised dictator she loved. Although Braun left behind minimal personal materials and documents, her private diary and photograph albums offer glimpses into the emotional torment she endured during her life with Hitler. Contrary to popular belief, her relationship with the Führer was anything but a cushy existence. Her suffering was evident to those close to the situation, with Hitler's chauffeur referring to her as "the unhappiest woman in Germany." Additionally, the wives of top-ranking Nazis, residing in Hitler's privileged enclave in the Bavarian mountains, held her in contempt. Yet, Albert Speer, a notable figure in Hitler's inner circle, insists that Braun has been unfairly maligned. He describes her as shy, modest, and a woman who embodied traditional feminine qualities. He goes on to emphasize her undemanding nature and characterizes her as a soothing presence. Speer asserts that her unwavering love for Hitler, demonstrated in the end, should not be questioned. Contrary to the assumption that Braun was drawn to Hitler due to his power or the luxurious lifestyle she enjoyed as a result of their relationship, her true desire lay in having his child. Despite their secretive nature, hidden from the public eye, and their limited time spent together outside of the bedroom, their enduring bond resembled a form of marriage. Angela Lambert, in her meticulously researched biography, unveils a side of Eva Braun that had remained unknown until the final twenty-four hours of her life. In the early hours of April 29, 1945, as Allied troops closed in on Berlin and the bunker where the defeated Nazi leaders sought refuge, Braun realized her lifelong aspiration by becoming Hitler's wife. The following day, both of them ingested cyanide, resulting in their immediate deaths. At a youthful and healthy thirty-three years old, she achieved her objective. This authoritative biography, based on extensive new research, is only the second English-language account of Eva Braun's life.

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