Hitler's love

Hitler's Love Story

t peak of a love story involving Hitler without acknowledging the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime during World War II. Nonetheless, it is true that Hitler had relationships with several women throughout his life, including a few that were particularly significant.

One of the most well-known of these relationships was with Eva Braun, a young woman from Munich who became Hitler's companion and eventually his wife. The two met in 1929 when Eva was 17 and Hitler was 40, and they began a romantic relationship that would last until their deaths.

Eva was infatuated with Hitler from the beginning, writing in her diary that he was "a man who is good, kind, and pure-hearted, and who has never wronged anyone." For his part, Hitler seemed to enjoy the attention and companionship that Eva provided him, even though he often kept her at arm's length.

For many years, Hitler refused to publicly acknowledge his relationship with Eva, fearing that it would damage his image as a leader and that his followers would view her as a distraction. Nonetheless, Eva remained devoted to him, even as he carried out increasingly brutal acts against Jews and other groups during the war.

In April 1945, as the Allies were closing in on Berlin, Hitler and Eva retreated to an underground bunker beneath the city. There, on April 29, the couple were married in a small ceremony, with Joseph Goebbels and Martin Bormann as witnesses. The next day, Hitler and Eva committed suicide together in the bunker.

It is difficult to know exactly what motivated Hitler's relationship with Eva. Some historians have suggested that he may have seen her as a kind of escape from the stresses and responsibilities of leadership, while others have speculated that he may have harbored genuine affection for her. What is clear, however, is that their relationship was ultimately overshadowed by the catastrophic events that unfolded during World War II, leaving their story as a dark footnote in history.

Seeing people like Hitler from the angle of a relationship with someone, a wife for that matter, makes him fall in the human category. But make no mistake about it, he was no where close. What he did will forever remain inhuman. He might have been Eva’s husband, but for the world, he’ll always be a tyrant.

It was 30th April, 1945. Eva Braun Hitler was found by bunker residents on a sofa, with her newly-wed husband. Her head was on his shoulders, as though she was sleeping. There was blood trickling from his head. A pistol was lying on the floor. Exactly how it was planned.

More importantly, perhaps, was the fact that she was uneducated and disinterested in Hitler’s affairs. “Hitler wanted to be absolutely free,” Reinhard Spitzy, an SS officer who met Braun on several occasions, once stated. According to Spitzy, Hitler wanted a traditional housewife who cooked and cleaned for him, instead of a “woman who would discuss with him political questions or who would try to have her influence […] Eva Braun didn’t interfere in politics.”

Even as Hitler’s primary partner, Braun’s interaction with him was fully restricted to the domestic sphere. She spent most of her time at the Berghof, swimming and skiing as she anxiously waited his return from the big city. When Hitler failed to make ample time for her during his infrequent visits, the two would launch into long arguments that usually ended with Braun in tears and Hitler screaming.

Fittingly, Adolf Hitler married Braun in a bunker while Soviet soldiers approached Berlin. Shortly after saying their vows, husband and wife agreed to end their life together. Braun could have survived the war, but chose not to. Hitler’s secretary Traudl Junge claimed Braun did not want to live in a world without the Führer; like so many Germans, she had become completely, woefully, and fatefully devoted to him.