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A review by jennydemonic
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler by Heike B. Görtemaker
3.0
Heike B. Gortemaker prefaces her book by stating that there is little surviving authenticated evidence about Eva Braun, who she was, or her true relationship with Adolf Hitler.
Knowing this, why Gortemaker chose to name the book after a character who is mentioned less than a quarter of the total length of text is surprising. The book is very well researched and there is no denying the historian is familiar with everyone surrounding her stated subject. Sadly, in the area of Braun, the book is lacking.
For me, the disappointment of the book lies not only in the misleading title, but in Gortemaker's almost juvenile glee in proving every previous biographer (and indeed, every person who KNEW Eva Braun) wrong about what they THOUGHT they knew about Evan Braun. At times I almost believed that Gortemaker could state that Hitler was really a black man from Chile, and I would almost be convinced to believe her since everyone before her has, in her estimation and backed by over one hundred pages of references, been a walking record of lies.
There was a wonderful outline to the book and the flow and language with which it was translated was very good. I would have awarded the book with more stars if I had really learned more about Eva Braun than wikipedia could probably tell me.
Knowing this, why Gortemaker chose to name the book after a character who is mentioned less than a quarter of the total length of text is surprising. The book is very well researched and there is no denying the historian is familiar with everyone surrounding her stated subject. Sadly, in the area of Braun, the book is lacking.
For me, the disappointment of the book lies not only in the misleading title, but in Gortemaker's almost juvenile glee in proving every previous biographer (and indeed, every person who KNEW Eva Braun) wrong about what they THOUGHT they knew about Evan Braun. At times I almost believed that Gortemaker could state that Hitler was really a black man from Chile, and I would almost be convinced to believe her since everyone before her has, in her estimation and backed by over one hundred pages of references, been a walking record of lies.
There was a wonderful outline to the book and the flow and language with which it was translated was very good. I would have awarded the book with more stars if I had really learned more about Eva Braun than wikipedia could probably tell me.