née february april longtime companion adolf_hitler hours wife met hitler munich years old working assistant model personal photographer began seeing years later attempted suicide twice early relationship household near lived sheltered life world war photographer surviving colour photographs films hitler taken key figure hitler inner social circle attend public events sister married liaison officer staff collapsed end war swore loyalty hitler went berlin heavily reinforced beneath troops fought way neighbourhood april married hitler brief civil ceremony hours later committed suicide sitting room bunker biting capsule gunshot head german public unaware relationship hitler deaths early life born munich second daughter school teacher friedrich worked marriage baptized roman_catholic_church elder sister born younger sister born parents divorced april remarried november probably financial reasons german economy time educated catholic munich year business school convent english sisters inn average grades talent athletics age took job working official photographer initially employed shop assistant sales clerk soon learned use camera develop photos met hitler years senior studio munich october introduced sister worked onward women rented apartment time accompanied sister later trips hitler relationship hitler hitler lived half niece apartment munich death september found dead apartment shot hitler pistol apparent suicide hitler time relationship important likely intense life hitler began seeing suicide attempted suicide august shooting chest father pistol historians feel attempt bid hitler attention recovery hitler committed end lovers stayed overnight munich apartment town worked photographer position enabled travel accompanied hitler entourage photographer later career worked art press according fragment diary account biographer second suicide attempt occurred took sleeping pills hitler failed time life hitler provided sister bedroom apartment munich august year sisters provided villa hitler household near residence lived munich apartment new berlin completed design attended time member staff hitler half sister dead mother took exception presence later dismissed position house researchers unable dislike reason departure members hitler entourage saw hitler wished present image hero nazi ideology men political leaders warriors women believed sexually attractive women wished exploit political gain remaining single felt marriage decrease appeal appeared couple public time appeared published news photo sat near winter olympics german people unaware relationship hitler war according memoirs slept room hitler rooms hitler berlin residence berlin bunker later said prove great disappointment historians biographer notes women play big role politics political influence hitler apparently minimal allowed stay room business political conversations took place sent room cabinet ministers dignitaries present member post war memoirs characterized outlook feather main interests sports clothes cinema accounts led sheltered privileged existence politics instance took interest shortly germany fully transitioned total war economy things meant potential ban women according memoirs high hitler quietly instructed armaments minister time halt production women outright ban continued work commencing relationship hitler took photographs movies members inner circle sold extremely high prices received money company late held position private secretary hitler guise meant enter leave entrance rear staircase notes enjoyed normal sex life friends relatives described photograph sitting hitler munich flat remark knew seen june sister married served liaison officer hitler staff hitler marriage excuse allow appear official functions introduced sister law caught closing days war trying escape sweden switzerland hitler ordered execution shot garden april lifestyle conversion small holiday home hitler purchased mountain began completed large wing added original house additional buildings constructed entire area remaining houses mountain purchased demolished members entourage cut outside world residence houses constructed inside compound hitler stated memoirs hitler doors hitler end evenings study retired bed wear dressing gown house coat drink wine hitler tea public displays affection physical contact enclosed world took role regular visitors involved running household regularly invited friends family members accompany stays guest suggested hiding war replied think let die stay moment hitler named receive yearly death fond worried participated sports late returning tea fond scottish dogs named feature home movies usually kept away hitler german shepherd killed entourage april hitler ordered obtained suicide day tested dog dogs shot hitler dog april marriage suicide early april travelled munich berlin hitler refused leave closed capital midnight night april hitler married small civil ceremony event witnessed hitler hosted modest wedding breakfast new wife marriage legal changed signed marriage certificate wrote letter family lined replaced hitler afternoon april said staff members inner circle later afternoon approximately witnesses reported hearing loud gunshot waiting minutes hitler hitler adjutant entered small study found bodies hitler small capsule hitler shot right temple pistol corpses carried stairs bunker emergency exit garden burned years old died remains found russians secretly buried compound bodies children april soviet team detailed burial charts secretly wooden boxes remains remains thoroughly burned crushed ashes thrown river tributary nearby rest family survived war mother died age january having lived days old farmhouse bavaria father died gave birth daughter named later married businessman died elder sister hitler inner circle married twice died
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