Apartment Quote by Gretl Braun
![“It was just a terribly stressful situation and dreary. A few months after [Eva Braun] suicide attempt, [Adolf] Hitler moved us both to the apartment, it was in the summer.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be3/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_it-was-just-a-terribly-stressful-situati_1595044.jpg)
“It was just a terribly stressful situation and dreary. A few months after [Eva Braun] suicide attempt, [Adolf] Hitler moved us both to the apartment, it was in the summer.”
About This Quote
Source Memoir: My Life with Adolf Hitler, 1945
A stressful, bleak period followed a personal crisis, leading to a forced relocation.
In simple terms: Hard times after crisis.
Key Takeaway
Seek support during hardship.
Themes
trauma
war
relocation
Mood
somber
reflective
Type
historical
personal
When to use this quote
- family displacement
- mental health coping
- war aftermath
- personal safety
Key Concepts
psychological stress
historical context
Questions to Reflect On
- How do personal narratives shape our view of history?
- What coping mechanisms help in extreme stress?
A Different Perspective
Historical accounts may be biased or incomplete.
![“Shortly after Eva's [Braun] second attempt at suicide, [Adolf] Hitler moved quickly, as we discussed already. I can't tell you how difficult it was for her living at the apartment of our parents. I wasn't happy there, but Eva was miserable, I can tell you that.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f77/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_shortly-after-eva-s-braun-second-attempt_1840312.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)
![“After [Adolf] Hitler took power, Hoffmann moved to a grander place on the Ebersbergerstrasse. I never saw the first house, I was never there. It was at the Schnorrstrasse that Eva [Braun] and he first really got to know each other. Some of this was before Geli Raubal's death, much of it was after…” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/949/gretl-braun-9500_death_after-adolf-hitler-took-power-hoffmann-m_529999.jpg)
![“When [Adolf] Hitler was in Munich, their place [with Eva Braun] to meet was always his apartment. Before that, it was at Hoffmann's place. They had their routine there, Hitler had his security there, it was a place he was used to. He never got used to the apartment he got us on the…” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bf/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_when-adolf-hitler-was-in-munich-their-pl_612383.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)
