Eva Braun Trivia

1. In what city was Eva Braun born?

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Answer: Munich

Eva was born in an apartment which had three poorly furnished rooms. The address was 45 Isabellastrasse.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Photographer's assistant

Eva was the secretary of Herr Hoffmann, one of Hitler's photographers. Later in the war Hitler had Hoffmann sent to the Russian front because he had negatives of some early Hitler photos which were not very flattering. Hoffmann survived, and made it home after the war. His family still runs a shop, and the negatives were found by his son.

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Answer: Fritz and Franziska

Eva's maternal grandfather was a veterinary surgeon in the province of Oberpfalz. He treated the cattle of the farmers who lived there. Eva's father had a famous relative: Wernher von Braun, who later moved to the United States and was instrumental in developing the U.S. Space Program. He was a rocket scientist.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: 1932

Hitler moved Eva into a fancy Munich apartment soon after the suicide of his niece, Geli, with whom he had been in love with. (She had shot herself, apparnetly because of his lack of attention). He provided Eva with a car and driver, money, anything she wanted. He even made provision for her in his will.

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Answer: 2

Eva had two sisters, an elder sister named Ilse and a younger sister, Gretl.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: 2

In the mid thirties, she tried to shoot herself in the throat, but failed. In the late thirties she made a more serious attempt by taking an overdose of pills. She nearly died, and Hitler rushed to her side. He was with her for several weeks before again leaving her on her own. They did not spend much time together as a couple after that until Eva moved into the Berlin bunker at the end of the war.

From Quiz Eva Braun

Answer: in a photographer's studio

Eva worked for the Nazi party photographer and a friend of Hitler's named Heinrich Hoffman. She was a secretary and also an occasional model for Hoffman. It was here that she began her love of photography. Hoffman also taught her how to develop film.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Fur Coats

Eva was asked to donate her fur coats for the soldiers in Russia, who did not have the proper clothing for the cold Russian winter. She refused. She felt that the soldiers would not want such nice furs in a "dirty" place. Besides that, "I need something nice to wear in the winter too". The furs (about 50 total) were put into storage and found by the American Army at the end of the war.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Head

Hitler had another head placed on the bronze casts. He was afraid that someone would see Eva and put two and two together. How Eva felt about this is not known.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Turtle soup

Turtle soup was her favorite food. When the supply ran out in 1943, she is said to have screamed and thrown pans at her cook. She did not understand why she could not get any.

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Answer: shooting herself

Early in their relationship, Eva became despondent because she thought Hitler wasn't paying enough attention to her. She attempted suicide on November 1, 1932. No one was home at the time; her sister Ilse came home from work late that evening and found Eva in their parents' bedroom. She had aimed the pistol at her heart, but had missed.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Gretle

Gretle recieved a lavish wedding with Hitler as a witness. Many said it was "the wedding she [Eva] never had". In 1945, Gretle was pregnant and not in Berlin. Eva made sure she was safe, out of the way of advancing Russians. Hermann, still on duty at the bunker, disappeared one day. Hitler sent out troops to find him and bring him back. He was found in bed with one of his girlfriends. On the table next to them was a bag full of gold, silver, and American money. Eva pleaded for his life to no avail. Hitler had him shot behind the bunker. Gretle survived the war, had a daughter, and never uttered the name of Hermann again.

From Quiz Eva Braun

Answer: The Berghof

Hitler and Eva spent a great deal of time here. Hitler was determined that no one other than family members and his closest associates would know about his and Eva's relationship. Eva was kept as a virtual prisoner here. She also had a villa in Munich on the Wasserburgerstrasse, given to her by Hitler. She stayed here when she was not at the Berghof.

From Quiz Eva Braun, Madman's Muse

Answer: Magda Goebbels

Magda was the wife of Josef Goebbels. Hitler used her throughout the Third Reich as a model of the perfect German wife and mother. She stood in as a kind of "First Lady" many times when Hitler needed her. Eva hated the fact that Magda was doing what she felt was her job, but Hitler just brushed aside her fears. Magda killed her six youngest children and herself at the end of the war. She wrote to her one surviving son saying that a world after Hitler and National Socialism wasn't worth living in.

From Quiz Eva Braun

Answer: cyanide

Shortly after 3:30 pm, Hitler and Eva were found in Hitler's study by Joseph Goebbels. Eva was on the left end of the sofa. Her hair was freshly washed and styled. She was wearing a dress with a rose corsage. There was a broken phial of cyanide, which had fallen on the ground. The air in the room reeked of acid fumes and cyanide, which smells like almonds. Hitler had shot himself in the right temple with his 7.65 mm caliber Walther pistol. He was sitting at the right end of the sofa and was wearing a freshly pressed uniform with his Iron Cross pinned to it.

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