The negatives about [Adolf] Hitler were that he was away a lot and couldn't behave towards Eva [Braun] as he should. Gretl Braun More Quotes by Gretl Braun More Quotes From Gretl Braun [Adolf Hitler] was very close-mouthed, he was the most private individual I have ever seen, very secretive. Gretl Braun secretive individual 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 that event. Gretl Braun saws events house [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. Gretl Braun minutes able done This was all very early on, there was no romance between them then,[Adolf] Hitler was living with Geli Raubal and made a very big display over her, that she was his great love and so forth. Gretl Braun great-love romance made I wouldn't trust a man and woman who never had their fights. Gretl Braun men-and-women fighting men [Adolf Hitler] had stubborn ideas about clothes and didn't care how he looked and this drove [Eva Braun] up the wall. Gretl Braun clothes wall ideas I wish I had [letters], can you imagine their value, and I don't mean merely financially. I am sure they were accidentally destroyed or that Schaub found them and destroyed them. [Adolf] Hitler didn't want those letters read by anyone but Eva [Braun] and had made that point clear in the course of the years. Gretl Braun wish mean years It would have been inconceivable that Eva [Braun] would ever have criticized [Adolf Hitler] to me. To his face? Yes, she would, but to me or anybody in our family? Never. And woe to anybody who dared criticize him to her. Gretl Braun woe criticize faces [Adolf] Hitler didn't discuss politics or military with Eva [Braun]. Not once. Gretl Braun military 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. Gretl Braun panic laughing needs 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 obvious to me, because I knew Eva. Gretl Braun atmosphere together war 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. Gretl Braun done men [Adolf Hitler] hardly ever called [Eva Braun] "Eva." He had many Austrian diminutives for her. He called her "Evi" quite often as well as Schatzerl, Evchen, as well as other Austrian expressions. Gretl Braun wells expression [Adolf Hitler] was always intensely worried about security and people watching or being nosy, intruding on his private life. Gretl Braun worried private-life people 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. Gretl Braun apartment furniture night Definitely they [Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun] argued, especially in the period we've just been talking about, the middle 1930's. They were like any other couple. Gretl Braun couple periods talking I didn't experience the negative side of [Adolf] Hitler. My sister [Eva Braun] did, that's a big distinction. Gretl Braun my-sister sides negative She [Eva Braun] was always complaining later on, "I know nothing that's going on." They [with Adolf Hitler] talked about other things: dogs, movies, music, Munich gossip, who was going with who, who was cheating on their spouses, who was drinking too much or trying to quit. All sorts of local things like that. Gretl Braun dog drinking cheating 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. Gretl Braun adoration position secret I have also seen [Adolf] Hitler upset when they had been having words. He was not immune from being bothered or upset by their relationship. Gretl Braun bothered upset immune
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