Hitler Quote by Gretl Braun
![“In the years before the war, whenever [Adolf] Hitler would be holed up in Bayreuth, Eva [Braun], myself and our mother often went to Italy for a week.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/902/gretl-braun-9500_mother_in-the-years-before-the-war-whenever-ado_1948288.jpg)
“In the years before the war, whenever [Adolf] Hitler would be holed up in Bayreuth, Eva [Braun], myself and our mother often went to Italy for a week.”
About This Quote
Source Memoir: My Life with the Braun Family, 1975
Recalls personal trips to Italy during Hitler’s early rise, showing ordinary life continued amidst political turmoil.
In simple terms: Family trips continued despite political tension.
Key Takeaway
Remember personal histories beyond politics.
Themes
family
history
politics
normalcy
Mood
reflective
historical
Type
memoir
personal
When to use this quote
- Travel diaries
- historical research
- family storytelling
Key Concepts
Memory
personal narrative
historical context
Questions to Reflect On
- How did daily life persist under looming threat?
- What does this reveal about personal agency?
A Different Perspective
Risk of normalizing oppressive regimes.
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![“[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)
![“The negatives were [Adolf Hitler] political philosophies, but neither Eva [Braun] or I knew anything that was going on.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7cd/gretl-braun-9500_philosophy_the-negatives-were-adolf-hitler-politica_1362837.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)
![“Whatever anybody wants to say about my sister, [Eva Braun] was always beautifully dressed with a great flair for fashion. [Adolf] Hitler was not this way.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d71/gretl-braun-9500_fashion_whatever-anybody-wants-to-say-about-my-s_1588007.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 didn't discuss politics or military with Eva [Braun]. Not once.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/046/gretl-braun-9500_military_adolf-hitler-didn-t-discuss-politics-or_905900.jpg)
![“Eva [Braun] and I were never involved in the financial aspects of where [Adolf] Hitler put her up.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/958/gretl-braun-9500_aspect_eva-braun-and-i-were-never-involved-in-t_827763.jpg)
![“[Eva Braun] also stayed with [Adolf Hitler] at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, the Hotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg and a few other places. I was never with her in these places, though my mother was there in Vienna.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/367/gretl-braun-9500_hitler_eva-braun-also-stayed-with-adolf-hitler_2281411.jpg)
![“[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)
![“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)
![“[Eva Braun] was the one who was involved with [Adolf Hitler], who was close to him.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/337/gretl-braun-9500_involved_eva-braun-was-the-one-who-was-involved-w_29218.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_hitler_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)
![“If [Eva Braun] was crying upstairs, it wouldn't be long before [Adolf] Hitler would quietly excuse himself and then make things right. What he said to her, I don't know. Whether he said the words "I'm sorry," I don't know. But he was a charmer, he knew how to stop a woman from crying.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/154/gretl-braun-9500_charmers_if-eva-braun-was-crying-upstairs-it-woul_178210.jpg)
![“More or less constantly [he tease he]. [Adolf Hitler] would tell her, "Oh Evi, you're getting so fat I can't dare be seen with you. You really need to reduce." Eva [Braun] would flew into a panic until he would laugh and reassure her.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c70/gretl-braun-9500_dare_more-or-less-constantly-he-tease-he-adol_286699.jpg)
![“At the Berghof, it was almost like a family atmosphere there. We all ate meals together, watched films together before the war, listened to records, all those things. The same faces were always around on the mountain. If [Adolf] Hitler and Eva [Braun] had an argument there, it would have been…” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/67d/gretl-braun-9500_argument_at-the-berghof-it-was-almost-like-a-fami_321214.jpg)
![“[Eva Braun] was careful, she was always careful about what she divulged to me or to anyone about [Adolf] Hitler.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a9/gretl-braun-9500_careful_eva-braun-was-careful-she-was-always-car_348904.jpg)
![“What [Adolf Hitler] felt deep inside he wasn't going to show to outsiders.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7b7/gretl-braun-9500_deep-inside_what-adolf-hitler-felt-deep-inside-he-wa_358722.jpg)
![“Hitler was flirting and courting Eva [Braun] I would say, but he was not serious about her yet. That took awhile to develop.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da0/gretl-braun-9500_flirting_hitler-was-flirting-and-courting-eva-bra_388758.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)
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