Eva Braun Biography

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NAME: Eva Braun
OCCUPATION: Model
BIRTH DATE: February 06, 1912
DEATH DATE: April 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH: Munich, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Berlin, Germany
Full Name: Eva Anna Paula Hitler
Originally: Eva Anna Paula Braun
AKA: Eva Braun
AKA: Eva Hitler

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Eva Braun was the mistress and later the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun and Hitler killed themselves on April 30, 1945, the day after their wedding—an decided alternative to falling into the hands of enemy troops.

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The couple wed on April 29, 1945. The following day, on April 30, 1945, they committed suicide. Braun died from ingesting poison while Hitler poisoned and shot himself. Their bodies were brought to the bombed-out garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were burned.

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German film historian and artist Lutz Becker, who'd lived through the horrors of Berlin as a child during the war's final days, eventually discovered a collection of films that Braun had created. She had recorded 16-millimeter home movie footage in color during her time at Berghof, with some of the imagery standing in stark contrast to the Nazi propaganda machine.

Other images, in the form of photographs that were held by the U.S. National Archives and unearthed by Reinhard Schulz, have surfaced of Braun as well. The pictures range from family and school portraiture to snapshots with friends, to Braun in blackface imitating Al Jolson.

The first comprehensive biography on Braun was written by Heike B. Gortemaker and published in 2011: Eva Braun - Life With Hitler.