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Eva Anna Paula Hitler (née Braun; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. She began seeing Hitler often about two years later.
Braun is a surname, originating from the German word for the color brown. In German, Braun is pronounced [bʁaʊn] – except for the "r", equal to the English word "brown". In English, it is often pronounced like "brawn".
Heike B. Görtemaker (born 1964 in Bensheim, Hesse, West Germany) is a German historian known mostly for her biographies of Margret Boveri, German journalist and writer of the post-World War II period, and Eva Braun, the partner and wife of Adolf Hitler.
C&T Auctions consultant Tim Harper believed the photo album found in April 1945 in the bedroom of Hitler's longtime companion Eva Braun would fetch up to more than more than 15 thousand pounds ...
Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of English Eve, which is derived from the Hebrew חַוָּה (Chava/Hava), meaning "life" or "living one", the name of the first woman according to the Hebrew Bible. It can also mean full of life or mother of life.
An Ortgies pistol chambered in 6.35 mm, was presented to Eva Braun by Adolf Hitler. It differs only slightly from a standard Ortgies pistol, in that it has a small gold plate inlaid into the side of the slide, stamped "Eva Braun". The pistol was removed from her house following World War II, and has made its way through a few auction houses ...
Hitler married Eva Braun in the early morning hours of 29 April. [18] On the afternoon of 30 April 1945 the couple died by suicide. [19] On 5 May 1945 at Obersalzberg, Gretl gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Eva Barbara in memory of her sister. Eva Barbara died by suicide in 1971, after her boyfriend was killed in a car accident. [20] [21]
The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood.