#27 Hitler’s Favorite Pilot: Hanna Reitsch

#27 Hitler’s Favorite Pilot: Hanna Reitsch

During the Second World War, Hanna participated in testing numerous revolutionary German weapons. She helped solve the stability problems of the V-1 rocket (“Vergeltungswaffe,” meaning “retaliation weapon”). Since early rockets had serious guidance issues, a manually controllable version was built, and Hanna was chosen as test pilot. She successfully carried out the flight, and thanks to the data she collected, the Germans corrected the flaws.

She climbed to an altitude of 2,300 meters with Germany’s first helicopter, tested dive brakes, and after the outbreak of war, carried out life-threatening experiments aimed at breaking through British air defense systems.


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#31: Adolf Hitler’s Mother – Klara Hitler

#31: Adolf Hitler’s Mother – Klara Hitler

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#30 – Hitler's Father, Part 2: Caring Father or Monster?

#30 – Hitler's Father, Part 2: Caring Father or Monster?

Was he a hard, distant bureaucrat who raised his son with iron discipline? Or is there something more complex behind that icy portrait? Was he a violent tyrant who terrorised his family – or a man wre...

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#29 Speculations about Adolf Hitler’s Ancestry

#29 Speculations about Adolf Hitler’s Ancestry

This is what so often happens with famous men: the moment they step into the spotlight, everything around them is turned over, and people begin hunting for scandals, contradictions and hidden secrets....

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#28 Johanna Wolf: The Secretary Who Never Betrayed His Trust

#28 Johanna Wolf: The Secretary Who Never Betrayed His Trust

Johanna Wolf was the oldest of the secretaries and effectively served as their leader—the "chief" among them. She worked for Hitler from 1933 until 1945, with only a few interruptions caused mainly by...

2 Jul 33min

#26 Henriette Hoffmann – She Confronted Hitler with the Holocaust

#26 Henriette Hoffmann – She Confronted Hitler with the Holocaust

Henriette Hoffmann was born on February 2, 1913, in Munich. Her father, Heinrich Hoffmann, was the official photographer of the Nazi Party; her mother, Therese “Nelly” Baumann, was a singer and actres...

12 Jan 37min

#25 Fatal Admiration: Unity Mitford’s Obsession with Hitler

#25 Fatal Admiration: Unity Mitford’s Obsession with Hitler

The Mitford family had existed since the Middle Ages, long without any particular significance. It was only in the 1930s that the Mitford brothers and sisters entered the headlines, becoming notorious...

18 Des 202529min

#24 – Hitler’s Fatal Relationship: Eva Braun

#24 – Hitler’s Fatal Relationship: Eva Braun

Hitler and Eva Braun met in 1929, when she was only 17 years old and Hitler already 40. He immediately noticed her. Hitler especially sought the company of very young women; he invited them to dinners...

27 Nov 202542min

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