Hitler Quote by Anonymous
“If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press.”
About This Quote
Source Satire: Online forum post, 2021
Mocks anachronistic speculation about media appearances, highlighting absurdity of retroactive tech fantasies.
In simple terms: Imagining impossible TV shows.
Key Takeaway
Recognize absurd historical what.
Themes
humor
history
technology
Mood
witty
critical
Type
satirical
commentary
When to use this quote
- social media commentary
- history classes
- creative writing
- podcast discussions
Key Concepts
anachronism
media satire
Questions to Reflect On
- What does this reveal about our view of history?
- How does satire affect our perception of truth?
A Different Perspective
May oversimplify complex historical contexts.
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![“[Eva Braun] would much rather have been at [Adolf ] Hitler's side. All those excursions were to fill up her time while waiting for him to return.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5da/gretl-braun-9500_excursions_eva-braun-would-much-rather-have-been-at_2379145.jpg)
![“I knew when they [with Adolf Hitler] had been fighting because Eva [Braun] always reacted the same way. She would lock herself in her bedroom and cry and cry, sometimes for a long time.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0d/gretl-braun-9500_bedroom_i-knew-when-they-with-adolf-hitler-had-b_2247049.jpg)
![“Sometimes [Eva Braun] would go back to his apartment to "make up." At the Berghof, these arguments didn't last as long, [Adolf Hitler] would smooth her feathers and they'd be good together again. I doubt anybody else noticed this but me. It wasn't obvious.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/63a/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_sometimes-eva-braun-would-go-back-to-his_994307.jpg)
![“[Adolf Hitler] had stubborn ideas about clothes and didn't care how he looked and this drove [Eva Braun] up the wall.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0e/gretl-braun-9500_care_adolf-hitler-had-stubborn-ideas-about-cl_1373744.jpg)
![“Eva [Braun] wanted him [Adolf Hitler] to look his absolute best and he just didn't care.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a6/gretl-braun-9500_absolutes_eva-braun-wanted-him-adolf-hitler-to-loo_1188903.jpg)
![“[Eva Braun] loved [Adolf Hitler]. She would have done that had she been able to spend 10 minutes with him. She endured a lot on his behalf, there's a great deal on that subject to be said.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19a/gretl-braun-9500_able_eva-braun-loved-adolf-hitler-she-would-h_493918.jpg)
![“[Eva Braun] always called him der Führer to us. It was ridiculous, but she never changed that.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f1/gretl-braun-9500_changed_eva-braun-always-called-him-der-f-hrer-t_623868.jpg)
![“[Nikola Tesla] would do it through lucid dreaming. He would, in a sense, dream up the engine, forget about it, come back, and then discover where it was wearing. You know, where the parts were wearing out. Now, that's inner visualization and a half! And that was the secret of why he did so many…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d50/paul-laffoley-7077_dream_nikola-tesla-would-do-it-through-lucid-d_582507.jpg)
![“[Hitler thought] that Mussolini was no figure of world history, like der Fuehrer or Stalin.” quote by Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa3/joseph-goebbels-4054_figures_hitler-thought-that-mussolini-was-no-fig_5180.jpg)
![“Eva [Braun] loved [Adolf] Hitler and he was the only man in her life. She flirted and danced with other men but never would she have done more than that.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/242/gretl-braun-9500_done_eva-braun-loved-adolf-hitler-and-he-was_22780.jpg)
![“[Wilhelm] Bruckner was one of [Adolf] Hitler's adjutants, very close to him and he'd been in the party probably since day one. Personally neither of us could stand him.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/402/gretl-braun-9500_party_wilhelm-bruckner-was-one-of-adolf-hitler_30529.jpg)
![“My father would never have come to visit, he detested Eva's [Braun] choice in a man and the fact [Adolf] Hitler had set her up in an apartment. To him it was deeply humiliating that she was living with a man at his own whim at an apartment he was paying for.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a7/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_my-father-would-never-have-come-to-visit_40016.jpg)
![“For instance, [Adolf Hitler] would never have spent the night at the Widenmayerstraße apartment. He visited it before we moved the furniture in, he visited maybe 4 times afterwards and he never spent the entire night.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c6/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_for-instance-adolf-hitler-would-never-ha_54634.jpg)