Introduction 3(4)
PART ONE The Meeting
7(54)
1 Heinrich Hoffmann's Studio
9(14)
The Nazi Party's House Photographer
10(2)
"Herr Wolf"
12(5)
Trustee in Personal Matters
17(6)
2 Munich After the First World War
23(8)
A City of Extremes
24(2)
Everyday Life and the Political Environment
26(1)
The National Socialist Movement
27(4)
3 The Braun Family
31(10)
Middle-Class Normalcy
32(2)
The Constant Companion: Margarete Braun
34(2)
The Distant Sister: Ilse Braun
36(5)
4 Rise to Power at Hitler's Side
41(20)
The "Fuhrer's" Long-Distance Lover
41(7)
Martyrdom or Calculation?
48(3)
Alone in the Vestibule of Power
51(10)
PART TWO Contrasting Worlds
5 Women in National Socialism
61(35)
Ideology and Reality
62(4)
Magda Goebbels: "First Lady of the Third Reich"
66(5)
Emmy Goring and Ilse Hess
71(5)
Eva Braun's Role
76(9)
The "Diary"
85(11)
6 The Myth of the "Fuhrer," or Herr Hitler in Private
96(13)
At the 1935 Party Convention in Nuremberg
96(3)
The Unnoticed Climb
99(1)
A "Lost Life"?
100(2)
Hitler and the Braun Family
102(7)
7 The Mistress and the Inner Circle
109(16)
Albert and Margarete Speer
109(5)
Karl and Anni Brandt
114(6)
Martin Bormann
120(5)
8 Life on the Obersalzberg
125(64)
Refuge and Center of Power
126(8)
The "Royal Court"
134(9)
Politics and Private Dealings
143(7)
Dr. Morell
150(5)
Hermann Esser
155(6)
"Lady of the House" at the Berghof 1936-1939
161(15)
Travels
176(13)
PART THREE Downfall
9 Isolation During the War
189(26)
The Outbreak of War
190(7)
The Berghof as "Fuhrer Headquarters"
197(9)
The Beginning of the End
206(9)
10 The Events of July 20, 1944, and Their Aftermath
215(9)
The Inner Circle's Reaction
216(3)
A Trophy for Eva Braun
219(2)
Eva Braun's Will
221(3)
11 The Decision for Berlin
224(16)
The Final Offensive
225(4)
Life Underground
229(7)
The Wedding and the End in the "Fuhrer Bunker"
236(4)
12 After Death
240(3)
Conclusion 243(4)
Notes 247(64)
Selected Bibliography 311(6)
Index 317