Eva Anna Paula Hitler n馥 Braun (6 February 1912 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later. She attempted suicide twice during their early relationship. By 1936 she was a part of his household at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden and by all accounts lived a materially luxurious and sheltered life throughout World War II. Braun kept up habits which met Hitlers disapproval, such as smoking, wearing makeup and nude sunbathing. Braun enjoyed photography and many of the surviving colour photographs and film of Hitler were taken by her. She was a key figure within Hitlers inner social circle, but did not attend public events with him until the summer of 1944, when her