Tag Archives: Eva Braun

This week in the War, 30 April–6 May 1945: Death of Adolf Hitler

Posted on April 30, 2017 by secondbysecond

On the afternoon of 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler finished lunch in his bunker and, after sending everyone except Eva Braun away, he shot himself; Eva took cyanide. Hitler’s Third Reich and the program he had laid out in Mein … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 26 March–1 April 1945: Hitler goes into his bunker

Posted on March 26, 2017 by secondbysecond

On 1 April 1945, Adolf Hitler vacated his apartments and his headquarters in the Reich Chancellery and descended into his bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery gardens: the Fuehrerbunker. From then on, he lived below ground and only occasionally ventured to … Continue reading →

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Vignette: If Hitler had a Facebook page…

Posted on February 12, 2013 by secondbysecond

The American Civil War felt the impact of photography, and much of the Second World War was reported through motion pictures in the form of newsreels. For Vietnam, it was television. For modern day conflicts, it will likely be social media. … Continue reading →

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In the news: Eva Braun’s home movies

Posted on February 7, 2013 by secondbysecond

Eva Braun’s birthday was a day or so ago, 6 February (1912) and, last week, an article about her and the movies she made appeared in the Guardian and Observer (Robert McCrum and Taylor Downing, 27 January 2013). Eva and … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 14–20 October 1940: The Great Dictator

Posted on October 18, 2012 by secondbysecond

          To quote Charlie Chaplin: “Dictators are comic. My aim is to make people laugh at them.” This week in the war, on 15 October 1940, the movie The Great Dictator, premiered in New York City. Chaplin starred … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 15 April–21 April 1940: Hitler’s birthday

Posted on April 20, 2012 by secondbysecond

Saturday 20 April 1940 was Adolf Hitler’s fifty-first birthday. In a typically ebullient radio broadcast, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels said, “The German people have found in the Fuehrer the incarnation of their strength and the most brilliant exponent of their … Continue reading →

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