Adolf Hitler and JOSEPH STALIN, DICTATORS AND LOVERS!
Adolf Hitler
Born in Austria in 1889, Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics
as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as
the Nazi Party. Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and
served as dictator from 1934 to 1945. His policies precipitated World
War II and the Holocaust.
Eva Anna Paula Hitler 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 Hitler's 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 Hitler's inner social circle, but did not attend public events with him until mid-1944, when her sister Gretl married Hermann Fegelein, the SS liaison officer on his staff.
As the Third Reich collapsed towards the end of the war, Braun swore her loyalty to Hitler and went to Berlin to be by his side in the heavily reinforced Führerbunker beneath the Reich Chancellery. As Red Army troops fought their way into the neighbourhood on 29 April 1945, she married Hitler during a brief civil ceremony: she was 33 and he 56. Less than 40 hours later, they committed suicide together in a sitting room of the bunker, she by biting into a capsule of cyanide. The German public was wholly unaware of Braun until after her death.
She was the first wife of Joseph Stalin and the mother of his
eldest son, Iakob. In 1906, Stalin announced to compatriot Mikhail Tskhakaya that he was marrying Svanidze later that evening and that there would be a small party.
Stalin (known as "Soso" to his Georgian friends) and Kato were very much in love. "I was amazed how Soso, who was so severe in his work and to his comrades, could be so tender, affectionate and attentive to his wife," noted Monaselidze, who along with his wife wrote detailed memoirs in the 1930s. Stalin later told his youngest child, daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, that his first wife was "very sweet and beautiful, she melted my heart."
Their son, Iakob, was born 31 March. "After the birth of the baby, his love for wife and child became ten times more," Monoselidze wrote. Svanidze and Stalin were married for just 18 months before she died of an illness in Stalin's arms 5 December 1907. Her death sent Stalin into a deep grief, and he reportedly said "with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." Years later, several of her family members were executed during Stalin's purges. After Kato's death, Stalin went to his hometown of Gori to stay with his mother, then returned to Baku. He left his infant son to be raised by Kato's mother, Sashiko and Misha Monaselidze, and rarely visited.
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 Hitler's 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 Hitler's inner social circle, but did not attend public events with him until mid-1944, when her sister Gretl married Hermann Fegelein, the SS liaison officer on his staff.
As the Third Reich collapsed towards the end of the war, Braun swore her loyalty to Hitler and went to Berlin to be by his side in the heavily reinforced Führerbunker beneath the Reich Chancellery. As Red Army troops fought their way into the neighbourhood on 29 April 1945, she married Hitler during a brief civil ceremony: she was 33 and he 56. Less than 40 hours later, they committed suicide together in a sitting room of the bunker, she by biting into a capsule of cyanide. The German public was wholly unaware of Braun until after her death.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades,
instituting a reign of terror while modernizing Russia and helping to
defeat Nazism. Born on December 18, 1879, in Gori, Georgia, Joseph Stalin rose to power
as General Secretary of the Communist Party, becoming a Soviet dictator
upon Vladimir Lenin's death. Stalin forced rapid industrialization and
the collectivization of agricultural land, resulting in millions dying
from famine while others were sent to camps. His Red Army helped defeat
Nazi Germany during WWII.
Ketevan "Kato" Svanidze
(2 April 1880 – 5 December 1907)
She was the first wife of Joseph Stalin and the mother of his
Stalin (known as "Soso" to his Georgian friends) and Kato were very much in love. "I was amazed how Soso, who was so severe in his work and to his comrades, could be so tender, affectionate and attentive to his wife," noted Monaselidze, who along with his wife wrote detailed memoirs in the 1930s. Stalin later told his youngest child, daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, that his first wife was "very sweet and beautiful, she melted my heart."
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