Ilse Braun became the sister-in-law of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler following his marriage to Eva on 29 April 1945, less than 40 hours before the couple killed themselves on 30 April 1945.
11 Facts About Ilse Braun
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Ilse Braun was provided with a room at the office of her employer, and left his employ only when he made preparations to emigrate to the United States in 1937 in the face of persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.
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Non-Aryan doctors had been excluded from payments under the national health insurance plan in April 1933, and the passing of the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour in 1937 meant he and Ilse Braun risked arrest on charges of "defiling the race".
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Ilse Braun's doctorate was revoked in October 1939; he had already emigrated to the United States by then.
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Ilse Braun stated after the war that she and Eva had tried unsuccessfully to intercede on his behalf.
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Ilse Braun discovered her that night, gave first aid, and called a doctor.
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Ilse Braun removed the relevant pages from Eva's diary to protect Eva's relationship with Hitler; the diary indicated that he had failed to make adequate time for Eva.
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Ilse Braun began working in the Berlin office of Albert Speer on 15 March 1937.
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Ilse Braun loved to dance, and became a European amateur champion in ballroom dancing.
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Ilse Braun lived with her mother in the family home in Ruhpolding in Upper Bavaria after her father's death in 1964.
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Ilse Braun died of cancer in Munich in 1979, and is buried there, next to her niece, Eva Fegelein-Berlinghoff.