Adolf Hitler And Eva Braun's Marriage Ends Suicide Together In Today's History, April 29, 1945

Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler (Source: governmentsecret.com)

JAKARTA - On April 29, 1945, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler married a woman named Eva Braun. The wedding took place amidst Hitler's escape from the Russian siege and has been hiding in an underground bunker since January 1945.

Citing Britannica, Eva Braun has a middle-class Catholic background. He spent his time with Hitler out of public view, entertaining himself by skiing and swimming.

Braun first met Adolf Hitler in 1929, at the age of 17. At that time Braun worked as a salesman at Heinrich Hoffmann's Shop, a photographer and friend of Hitler.

Hoffmann introduced Hitler to Braun as "Herr Wolf". Hitler then started to approach Braun. In 1936, Braun moved to Hitler's chalet in Berchtesgaden.

The figure of Braun actually had no influence on Hitler's political career. But Braun gave a certain taste to the life of the cruel dictator.

Braun lived a relatively isolated life because Hitler never allowed him to be seen in public with him, including to accompany him to Berlin. As a result, few Germans knew of Braun's whereabouts.

However, the age of Hitler and Braun's marriage was very short, only about 30 hours. Not because of divorce or treason. Their marriage both ended because they both ended their lives.

The end of Hitler and Braun

Eva Braun and Hitler (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

At that time Braun insisted on staying with Hitler in Berlin, defying Hitler's orders to stay away from protecting himself. Braun was determined to stay with Hitler until the end.

Russia at that time was in the midst of an incessant siege. In recognition of Braun's loyalty, Hitler decided to marry her. The civil wedding ceremony takes place in the Chancellor's bunker on April 29.

As Russia drew closer, Hitler had other plans. Not an escape. But suicide. Hitler said goodbye to his servants, then poisoned his dog.

Hitler also prepared gasoline for his cremation. Eva Braun swallows cyanide capsules. Meanwhile, until now, the method of Hitler's suicide is still being debated, between cyanide capsules or a gun.

But according to Hitler's servant, Heinz Linge, who had been with the dictator for a decade, he smelled a freshly fired gun.

"Everything in me refuses to open the door," he said.

Still based on the statement of his servant, Hitler died with a bullet in his right temple. Meanwhile, Braun smells of cyanide, like bitter almonds. "His frown shows how he died," said Linge.

At the same time, America liberated concentration camps in Dachau. The five hundred German garrisons guarding the camp were killed within the hour.

Dacau Camp (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

Some were killed by concentration camp prisoners. But mostly by American liberators who were horrified by what they saw.

They saw a large pile of skinny bodies found in railroad cars and near the crematorium. There are 33 thousand people who survived the camp. 2,539 of whom are Jewish.

Dachau, about 12 miles north of Munich, was the first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime, five weeks after Hitler came to power. At least 160,000 prisoners passed through the main camp and 90,000 others via 150 branches spread throughout southern Germany and Austria.

Medical experiments, ranging from studying the effects of freezing on warm-blooded creatures to treating deliberate malaria, were carried out on detained Jews.

At least 32 thousand people died from malnutrition and abuse in the camp. Much more was transported to the Auschwitz gas chambers. A memorial was erected at the camp on September 11, 1956.

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