Gretl Braun Quotes - Page 2

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• I wouldn't trust a man and woman who never had their fights.

  Gretl Braun

  Fighting, Men, Men And Women

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• [Adolf Hitler] was Austrian, so he knew how to play that role [being capable of apologizing]. In fact, it wasn't playacting, it was just part of who he was. He hated to see women cry or women upset.

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  Play, Upset, Facts

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• [Eva Braun] always said, "you're the Führer, you can do whatever you want to do."

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  Want, Said, Do Whatever You Want

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• Eva [Braun] wanted him [Adolf Hitler] to look his absolute best and he just didn't care.

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  Looks, Care, Wanted

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• [Adolf Hitler] would wear whatever what was put in front of him. He didn't match his ties or his shoes with his clothes, it was as if he deliberately dressed in such a way as to get Eva to get upset. It was his form of teasing or perhaps of controlling [Eva Braun], manipulating her emotions.

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  Shoes, Clothes, Ties

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• The negatives about [Adolf] Hitler were that he was away a lot and couldn't behave towards Eva [Braun] as he should.

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  Should, Behave

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• [Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia. He wasn't like this earlier on, he could be very funny in our small group, very relaxed, teasing and it was just a relaxed atmosphere.

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  War, Russia, Issues

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• [Adolf Hitler] had a very definite charm which enthralled most people who got to know him.

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  People, Charm, Knows

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• What [Adolf Hitler] felt deep inside he wasn't going to show to outsiders.

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  Outsiders, Shows, Deep Inside

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• At the end, [Eva Braun] begged me to spare these letters [to Adolf Hitler] and bury them. She specifically wrote to me and told me over the phone not to read any of the letters, she made me promise.

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  Phones, Promise, Letters

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• In front of other people it was almost always "Fräulein Braun." Just as [Eva Braun] called him "der Führer," [Adolf Hitler] called her "Fräulein Braun."

  Gretl Braun

  People, Fronts

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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.

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  Waiting, Return, Sides

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• I saw a few lines from a few, there were hundreds of them, all [Adolf Hitler] letters and [Eva Braun] replies written on carbon paper. I just saw that her letters to him were lengthy, his were much shorter. I wouldn't intrude on their privacy and I had given her my word.

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  Paper, Lines, Letters

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• [Eva Braun] complained when [Adolf Hitler] was absent, she complained that she was deprived of his company.

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  Company, Absent, Deprived

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• 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.

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  Fashion, Want, Way

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• [Adolf] Hitler and Eva [Braun] jointly came to that decision, I think. Hitler wanted me there for security reasons and to keep Eva company, she wanted me there because we were both still very young. I was 20 years old, to live on my own would have been daunting. I wouldn't have done it and neither would she.

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  Thinking, Years, Decision

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• I'm quite sure it happened in Berlin too when Eva [Braun] stayed there later on. I wouldn't know about that because I was scarcely ever there myself. I don't want to suggest she was crying all the time, but then they had their arguments, she was very downcast until she had cried it through. It happened on occasion.

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  Want, Berlin, Cry

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• 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.

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  Together Again, Long, Doubt

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• [Eva Braun] would also refer to [Adolf Hitler] as "the boss" (der Chef), but she never called him "Adolf" or "Adi" to anyone after the very early days. It was always der Führer.

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  Boss, Chef

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• [Adolf Hitler] was an emotional man, he had tremendous highs and he could get low as well, I've seen it.

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  Men, Emotional, Lows

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• I am convinced that he loved Eva [Braun] and there is absolutely no question of her complete adoration of him. He was away all the time because his position demanded it. She couldn't travel with him because their relationship was supposed to be secret.

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  Secret, Adoration, Position

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• 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.

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  Summer, Suicide, Stressful Situations

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• Eva [Braun] also cried when [Adolf Hitler] would leave her for long periods. She was inconsolable without him, that was a never-changing refrain.

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  Long, Refrain, Periods

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• [Adolf Hitler] tried to make people feel at ease, he made that effort.

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  People, Effort, Ease

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• When we were in the Munich house, sometimes [Adolf Hitler] would call the house line after one of their fights. They would talk and then Eva [Braun] would emerge from her room and behave normally.

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  Fighting, House, Lines

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