Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
German historian Heike Göertemaker's book, Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, was a best-seller in Germany and has been translated into 15 languages. Göertemaker describes the important role Braun played in Hitler's inner circle, poking holes in the Nazi propaganda that Hitler had been the lonely 'Führer' married to Germany. Görtemaker has traced all the existing pieces of the puzzle of Braun’s story, compiling them into the first academic biography and a very different view of Hitler.
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The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program, in cooperation with The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies of the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, present
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
Thursday, 20 November, 2014, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Woodrow Wilson Center, 4th Floor Conference Room
Event description: German historian Heike Görtemaker's book, Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, was a best-seller in Germany and has been translated into 15 languages. The book sparked intense interest in the woman who had long been Hitler's companion and became his wife two days before the two of them committed suicide in their bunker in Berlin at the end of World War II. In her book, Görtemaker describes the important role Braun played in Hitler's inner circle, poking holes in the Nazi propaganda that Hitler had been the lonely 'Führer' married to Germany. Görtemaker has traced all the existing pieces of the puzzle of Braun’s story, compiling them into the first academic biography and a very different view of Hitler.
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