wives and girlfriends of Third Reich officials

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wives and girlfriends of Third Reich officials

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Post by Max Williams » 25 Jul 2007, 11:36

For those interested in football (soccer), the UK press has a fascination with the wives and girlfriends of the football stars. They are nicknamed WAGS and their habits and misdemeanours are always splashed across out tabloids. Victoria Beckham's boobs are as famous as her husband.
I thought it might be an idea to run a thread on the WAGS of Third Reich officials and personalities. I'll begin with the one I consider to be the beauty of them all....Inga Ley.
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Post by Helly Angel » 26 Jul 2007, 03:57

Well, my WAGS is Magda Goebbels, the first Lady of the Reich (until april 29, 1945)

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Post by Roderick » 27 Jul 2007, 02:39

Obviously, I go with Senhorita Eva Braun.

...the English press would adore her underwears!

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Post by Helly Angel » 27 Jul 2007, 11:07

Emma Johana Henny Sonneman Göring called Emmy

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Post by Max Williams » 29 Jul 2007, 15:28

Another couple of Emmy Göring photos.
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Post by Max Williams » 29 Jul 2007, 15:30

Gerda Bormann.
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Post by Max Williams » 29 Jul 2007, 15:32

Geli Raubal.
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Post by sobel » 29 Jul 2007, 16:38

Frau Speer from Ullstein Bild

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Post by sobel » 29 Jul 2007, 16:43

Frau Himmler
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Post by Dieter Zinke » 29 Jul 2007, 17:17

sobel wrote:Frau Himmler
Who is the little boy please ??

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Post by Max Williams » 29 Jul 2007, 17:39

The adopted son of the Himmlers.
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Post by Michael Miller » 31 Jul 2007, 18:34

A few notes on Himmler's marriage and offspring, including a bit on Himmler's adopted boy:
Married on 03.07.1928 to Margarete ("Marga") Siegroth, née Boden (daughter of an East Prussian landowner), a nurse and manager of a small clinic in Berlin, born 09.09.1893 in Gonzercewo bei Bromberg / Provinz Posen / Westpreussen. A divorcee, her original married name was Siegroth. She was a member of the Nazi Party (with NSDAP-Nr. 92 752) as well as the NS-Frauenschaft and NSV. The couple had one daughter, Gudrun (nicknamed “Püppi), born 08.08.1929. Gudrun later married the author and publisher Wolf-Dieter Burwitz, and is today known as Gudrun Burwitz. After SS-Truppführer Kurt von der Ahe was killed in Berlin on 19.02.1933, Himmler adopted the man's son (Gerhard, born 21.07.1928). Eventually, with the failure of his marriage, he formed a relationship with his former secretary, Hedwig “Häschen” Potthast (born 00.00.1912); one son, Helge (born 15.02.1942) and a daughter, Nanette-Dorothea (born 20.07 (?).1944) resulted from this affair. In 1944, Himmler borrowed 80.000 Reichsmark from the Parteikanzlei (through his friend, Martin Bormann) and had a house built at Schonau near Berchtesgaden (“Haus Schneewinkelehen”) for his mistress and their children.

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Post by Helly Angel » 01 Aug 2007, 04:16

CORRECTION: This is the young Marga Himmler and not Hedwig “Häschen” Potthast:

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Source: Institut fur Zeitgeschichte im Munchen. Copy of the photo taken in the "Hemeroteca Nacional de Venezuela".
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Post by Michael Miller » 01 Aug 2007, 04:40

Odd duck, that Himmler- chose a mistress who resembled his wife, thus defeating the entire purpose of having a mistress.

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Post by Max Williams » 01 Aug 2007, 08:53

It isn't Hedwig Potthast in this photo....it is a young Marga (previously confirmed by an unquestionable source). The photo was in an old book on Himmler and they got it wrong. Shows how you have to be careful with IDs.
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