Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 (192 page)

52 
See Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 204f.; Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 459–62; Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 116f.

53 
See Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, p. 202; Hoffmann,
Hitler wie ich ihn sah
, p. 136.

54 
On the furnishing of Eva Braun’s villa see Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 117–20; Sigmund,
Die Frauen der Nazis
, pp. 172f.

55 
See Below,
Als Hitlers Adjutant
, pp. 81, 83; Henrik Eberle and Mathias Uhl (eds),
Das Buch Hitler: Geheimdossier des NKWD für Josef W. Stalin aufgrund der Verhörprotokolle des Persönlichen Adjutanten Hitlers, Otto Günsche, und des Kammerdieners Heinz Linge, Moskau 1948/49
, Bergisch Gladbach, 2005, pp. 62f.; Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, p. 473. On Anni Winter’s role see also Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, p. 236.

56 
See Anni Winter’s statement dated 6 March 1948; cited in Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 467f. Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 119f., quotes a letter by Eva Braun from the spring of 1937: “I spend almost all my time with Liserl, Georg, Peppo, Toni and Röschen.”

57 
See Schroeder,
Er war mein Chef
, p. 167; Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 302, 438; Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, p. 194.

58 
Linge,
Bis zum Untergang
, p. 74.

59 
Plaim and Kuch,
Bei Hitlers
, p. 39.

60 
Reinhard Spitzy,
So haben wir das Reich verspielt: Bekenntnisse eines Illegalen
, 2nd edition, Munich and Vienna, 198, p. 128.

61 
See Julius Schaub’s statement, quoted in Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, p. 468; Baur,
Ich flog Mächtige der Erde
, p. 114; Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 95, 130.

62 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 106.

63 
On the 1935 rally see Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 113, 116; 1937 rally: ibid., pp. 139, 320 (note 38); 1938 rally: ibid., pp. 177f., 324 (note 48).

64 
See ibid., p. 63.

65 
See ibid., pp. 117, 123, 208–15.

66 
Below,
Als Hitlers Adjutant
, pp. 50f.; Baur,
Ich flog Mächtige der Erde
, p. 114. The Bruckmanns were also aware of the existence of Hitler’s “girlfriend.” See Ulrich von Hassell,
Vom anderen Deutschland: Aus den nachgelassenen Tagebüchern 1938–1944
, Frankfurt am Main, 1964, p. 58 (entry for 22 July 1939).

67 
See Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 122f. In the second volume of his Hitler biography (
Adolf Hitler: Ein Mann gegen Europa
, Zurich, 1937, p. 191), Konrad Heiden also mentions Hitler having a “girlfriend in Munich, a Miss B., a photographer by trade.”

68 
See Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, p. 125; Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, p. 418.

69 
As in Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 59.

70 
See Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 416, 470f.; Linge,
Bis zum Untergang
, pp. 65, 103; Speer,
Erinnerungen
, pp. 114f.; Krause,
10 Jahre Kammerdiener
, p. 45; Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, pp. 129f., 160; Plaim and Kuch,
Bei Hitlers
, pp. 74f.

71 
Below,
Als Hitlers Adjutant
, p. 50.

72 
Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, p. 59. Karl Brandt, Hitler’s personal physician, wrote from Kransberg prison in August 1945: “Hitler and his Eva were quite deeply connected emotionally.” Ibid., p. 228.

73 
Albert Speer,
Spandauer Tagebücher
, Munich, 2002, p. 198 (entry for 3 March 1949).

74 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 106.

75 
Fest,
Die unbeantwortbaren Fragen
, p. 59.

76 
Statement by Herbert Döhring, summer of 2001; quoted in Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, p. 454.

77 
Series of articles by Heinz Linge in the newspaper
Revue
(November 1955 to March 1956); here no. 45 (dated November 1955); collected in IfZ München, MS 396: see also Linge,
Bis zum Untergang
, pp. 64f., 68, 94.

78 
See Plaim and Kuch,
Bei Hitlers
, pp. 75, 108; Knopp,
Die Geheimnisse des “Dritten Reiches,
” p. 317. When asked during his interrogation by Robert W. M. Kempner on 12 March 1947 whether Hitler had loved Eva Braun, Julius Schaub answered: “He liked her very much.” When pressed whether this meant Hitler had loved her, Schaub answered: “He was very fond of her.” IfZ München, ZS 137.

79 
Dietrich,
12 Jahre mit Hitler
, p. 231.

80 
As in Hanfstaengl,
Zwischen Weissem und Braunem Haus
, p. 359; statement by Christa Schroeder; quoted in Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 454f.

81 
Hitler’s personal will and testament dated 2 May 1938; copy in BA Koblenz, N 1128/22; facsimile in Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, after p. 128. On the fear Hitler could be assassinated on his trip to Italy, see also Rudolf Hess to Karl Haushofer, 20 April 1938: “One has to accept that destiny is immutable and hope that it still needs this man as a tool for achieving Greater Germany.” BA Koblenz, N 1122/125.

82 
See Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, p. 59; Dietrich,
12 Jahre mit Hitler
, pp. 216f.; Hoffmann,
Hitler wie ich ihn sah
, p. 159; Fritz Wiedemann,
Der Mann, der Feldherr werden wollte: Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen des Vorgesetzten Hitlers im 1. Weltkrieg und seines späteren persönlichen Adjutanten
, Velbert and Kettwig 1964, p. 79; Misch,
Der letzte Zeuge
, p. 101; Wiedemann’s shorthand notes dated 25 Feb. 1939: “Guests only close acquaintances and friends. The sort of comfortable country life.” BA Koblenz, N 1720/4. Hermann Esser also later attested that the only friends invited to the Berghof were those “accepted by Eva Braun.” Interview with Hermann Esser dated 3 April 1964; BayHStA München. Nl Esser.

83 
See Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 3/1, p. 279 (entry for 21 Aug. 1935): “cultish nonsense”; Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 108; Wiedemann’s notes dated 25 Feb. 1939: “He had less sympathy for Darré’s cult of blood and soil and Himmler’s worship of everything ancient Germanic, which he made fun of occasionally.” BA Koblenz, N 1720/4.

84 
See Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 111; Dietrich,
12 Jahre mit Hitler
, p. 217; Junge,
Bis zur letzten Stunde
, p. 77. On Hewel’s role see Eckart Conze, Norbert Frei, Peter Hayes and Moshe Zimmermann,
Das Amt und die Vergangenheit: Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik
, Munich, 2010, pp. 153f.; Enrico Syring, “Walter Hewel: Ribbentrops Mann beim ‘Führer,’ ” in Ronald Smelser, Enrico Syring and Rainer Zitelmann (eds),
Die braune Elite II: 21 weitere biographische Skizzen
, Darmstadt, 1993, pp. 150–65.

85 
Dietrich,
12 Jahre mit Hitler
, p. 216; see Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 142f.

86 
See Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, pp. 81, 231; Linge,
Bis zum Untergang
, p. 138. On Martin und Gerda Bormann’s children see Koop,
Martin Bormann
, pp. 185f.

87 
See, for example, Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 4, p. 214 (entry for 10 July 1937): “We’re staying at the Bechsteins’ house and are very comfortable.” See Joachimsthaler,
Hitlers Liste
, pp. 99f.

88 
See Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 105; Sereny,
Albert Speer
, pp. 109f.; Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 127–32.

89 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 107; see also
idem
,
Spandauer Tagebücher
, p. 208 (entry for 19 June 1949). By contrast, Schwerin von Krosigk found that Hitler showed his “most human and attractive side” when he was around children. Krosigk wrote that his face, “which often looked so tense, as though it were covered by a mask,” relaxed when he was in the presence of children and took on an “expression of true cordiality and benevolence.” See Schwerin von Krosigk’s essay on Hitler’s personality (
c
. 1945); IfZ München, ZS 145, vol. 5. See also Sereny,
Albert Speer
, pp. 123f.; Nissen,
Sind Sie die Tochter Speer?
, p. 19.

90 
Speer,
Spandauer Tagebücher
, p. 127 (entry for 18 Nov. 1947); see
idem
,
Erinnerungen
, p. 107; Nissen,
Sind Sie die Tochter Speer?
, p. 25 (Margarete Speer’s note). On Hitler’s dislike of snow and skiing see Rudolf Hess to his parents, 10 May 1937: “Now that at long last the warmth of spring has arrived, the Führer simply can’t believe it that somebody voluntarily returns to the ice and snow.” BA Bern, Nl Hess, 1.121-1989/148, 59.

91 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 107; questioning it is Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 131f. At the Berghof Speer was considered as “Eva Braun’s actual confidante.” Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, p. 221.

92 
See Schmidt,
Hitlers Arzt Karl Brandt
, pp. 89–92; Neumann and Eberle,
War Hitler krank?
, pp. 100f.; Schroeder,
Er war mein Chef
, p. 173; Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 132f.

93 
See Schmidt,
Hitlers Arzt Karl Brandt
, p. 93; Schroeder,
Er war mein Chef
, p. 174. See Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 2/3, p. 148 (entry for 17 Aug. 1933): “Brückner has had a serious car accident. Fractured skull and an injured arm. Extremely serious. Hospital in Traunstein. I called the Führer. He was deeply shaken.”

94 
See Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, p. 134; Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 2/3, p. 386 (entry for 16 March 1934); Schmidt,
Hitlers Arzt Karl Brandt
, p. 95, falsely dates the wedding at the end of 1934.

95 
See a summary of interviews with Hanskarl von Hasselbach during 1951 and 1952 in IfZ München, ZS 242; see also Neumann and Eberle,
War Hitler krank?
, pp. 103f.

96 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 119. See Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 5, p. 102 (entry for 17 Jan. 1938): “Dr. Morell got him on his feet with a bacterial cure. I’m very happy about that.” On Morell’s role see the transcript of an interview with Anni Winter (undated): IfZ München, ZS 194; Ernst Günther Schenk,
Patient Hitler: Eine medizinische Biographie
, Düsseldorf, 1989, pp. 163f., 180; Neumann and Eberle,
War Hitler krank?
, pp. 90–3; Schmidt,
Hitlers Arzt Karl Brandt
, pp. 137–9.

97 
In a letter in late August 1937 Eva Braun wrote that “Morell can be eternally grateful to me for being allowed to visit the mountain.” Gun,
Eva Braun-Hitler
, p. 140. See Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 177f.; Schlie (ed.),
Albert Speer
, p. 231. A special identification card was arranged for Frau Morell on 3 Jan. 1938, which allowed her to visit the Obersalzberg; IfZ München, F 123. Frau Morell’s presence at lunch on the Berghof was attested to for 26 June and 4 July 1938 in Max Wünsche’s daily diaries; BA Berlin-Lichterfelde, NS 10/125.

98 
Morell to Hitler, 2 Feb. 1938; quoted in Beatrice und Helmut Heiber (eds),
Die Rückseite des Hakenkreuzes: Absonderliches aus den Akten des Dritten Reiches
, Munich, 1993, p. 50.

99 
In remarks recorded in prison in September 1945, Brandt said he found it “incomprehensible” that Morell had been kept on so long as “the Führer’s personal physician.” Karl Brandt, “Theodor Morell” (19 Sept. 1945); BA Koblenz, N 1128/33.

100 
Speer,
Erinnerungen
, p. 120. On Eva Braun’s treatment by Morell see also the letter from Ilse Hess to Carla Leitgen, 3 Feb. 1938; quoted in Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, p. 181.

101 
Interview with Hanskarl von Hasselbach dated 1951/52; IfZ München, ZS 242.

102 
See Sabine Brantl,
Haus der Kunst:
München. Ein Ort und seine Geschichte im Nationalsozialismus
, Munich, 2007, pp. 81–4: Goebbels,
Tagebücher
, part 1, vol. 4, pp. 170f. (entry for 6 June 1937), 216 (entry for 12 July 1937). Max Wünsche’s daily diaries dated 20 June, 10 July 1938; BA Berlin-Lichterfelde, NS 10/125. See also Görtemaker,
Eva Braun
, pp. 26f.; Below,
Als Hitlers Adjutant
, pp. 82f.

103 
Theodor Morell to Hanni Morell, 28 May 1940; BA Koblenz, N 1348/6.