People still living who knew Hitler

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People still living who knew Hitler

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Post by Adam Carr » 28 Mar 2015, 07:48

As we approach the 70th anniversary of Hitler's death: I was asked yesterday if there is anyone still alive who knew him personally. The only one I know of is Verena Wagner, now 94, who knew him from childhood when he visited Bayreuth. I would think she is certainly the only person still living who knew him before he became Chancellor. Does anyone know of any others? I suppose Gudrun Himmler and Edda Goering met him as children, but that's not quite the same thing as knowing him personally as an adult.
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Post by Sid Guttridge » 28 Mar 2015, 14:10

King Michael of Romania is still alive, though whether, as wartime head of state, he ever met Hitler personally I am unsure. Marshal Antonescu tended to do that.

Amazingly, Michael first became King of Romania under a regency on 20 July 1927 - 88 years ago!

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Post by Adam Carr » 28 Mar 2015, 14:27

He probably met Hitler, but I doubt they were friends. Hitler's views on monarchy were well known.

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Post by sandeepmukherjee196 » 30 Mar 2015, 19:49

Oberscharfuehrer Rochus Misch died a year and a half back.

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Post by Adam Carr » 02 Apr 2015, 23:51

I said "people who knew Hitler personally", not "junior servicemen who briefly worked in proximity to him."

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Post by Annelie » 02 Apr 2015, 23:56

Well, Mr. Carr.

You presumably know the answer already.

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Post by Adam Carr » 03 Apr 2015, 00:15

No I don't, that's why I'm asking. Verena Wagner is the only one I know of. I'm asking if anyone knows of any others.

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Post by uhu » 24 Sep 2015, 20:23

Interview, in color, 1983, with edda Goring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1u5vOIj3I

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Post by Adam Carr » 26 Sep 2015, 00:38

She was a child. I'm asking about adults.

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Post by Janet Miller » 08 Oct 2015, 02:59

Karl Wolff's daughter is still living.

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