A review by nmpilet
Eva Braun: Life With Hitler by Heike B. Görtemaker

2.0

I had hoped to learn more of Eva Braun by reading this biography. Granting that I did learn more of her life than what I knew prior to reading this book, which was limited to the fact that she died with Hitler, I learned little else. Sadly, primary sources seem to be lacking and what can be learned from her contemporaries is colored by their desire to distance themselves from the atrocities committed by Hitler and his followers. Most of the book is spent talking about other members of the "inner circle" than about Eva. It seems there can be no insight into why a young woman, twenty-three years younger than Hitler, would choose to tie her fate to his. I guess I will continue to wonder...