Evas Cousin

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Berchtesgaden, Germany, is a beautiful place, set among the gentle meadow clad hills rising to the sheer heights of bare Alpine peaks It is here where an elderly woman arrives and recollects her past and her peripheral role in a chapter of world history She walks along a beaten path, which has come into being because so many tourists have ventured this way to see something that exists only in her memory.In the summer of 1944, twenty year old Marlene is thrilled when her older, glamorous cousin, Eva Braun, Adolph Hitler s mistress, invites her to come to the Fuhrer s Bavarian mountain retreat Against her father s wishes, Marlene accepts, and immediately sets forth to Berghof.There, while Hitler is away desperately trying to turn the tides of war, Marlene finds herself in a strange paradise, a world of opulence and imminent danger, of freedom and surveillance The two women sneak off and skinny dip in a nearby lake, watch films in the Fuhrer s private cinema, and flirt with the SS officers at the dinner table one of whom will become Marlene s first lover.Initially delighted by Eva s attentions, Marlene later tries to understand the elusive connection between her cousin and the man she loves.In quiet defiance, she begins to commit her own acts of subversion, which include listening to BBC radio broadcasts, forbidden by the Fuhrer But a clandestine mission of mercy will force her to question her allegiance to both her cousin and her country and to face the chilling reality that exists outside her sheltered world.Based on the true experiences of Eva Braun s cousin, Gertrude Weisker, who has shared her memories with Sibylle Knauss after than fifty years of silence, Eva s Cousin is a novel that illuminates the banality of the domestic face of evil It casts a special light on the profound questions of innocence and complicity that still haunt much of the world today From the Hardcover edition. New Download Books Evas Cousin By Sibylle Knauss – kino-fada.fr Although this is a novel, it is partially based on memories of Gertrude Weisker, cousin of Eva Braun, Hitler s mistress.Marlene, the protagonist and narrator, spends the last year of the war at Hitler s Bavarian mountain retreat Eva is lonely and needs to be entertained while Hitler is away, so she invites her twenty year old cousin to join her at The Berghof Life at the retreat is luxurious, and the women are isolated from the war however, reality does gradually intrude via trips to nearby M Although this is a novel, it is partially based on memories of Gertrude Weisker, cousin of Eva Braun, Hitler ...In the summer of 1944, Marlene is excited when her glamorous cousin, Eva Braun invites her to come to Hitler s Bavarian mountain retreat, Berghof The Berg is a strange sort of paradise, a world of opulence and imminent danger, of freedom and surveillance Delighted by her cousin s attention, Marlene tries to understand the connection between Eva and Adolph Hitler In her own way, Marlene begins to quietly rebel by listening to the BBC, which is forbidden by the Fuhrer An act of mercy toward a In the summer of 1944, Marlene is excited when her glamorous cousin, Eva Braun invites her to come to Hitler s Bavarian mountain retreat, Berghof The Berg is a strange sort of paradise, a world of opulence and imminent danger, of freedom and surveillance Delighted by her cousin s attention, Marlene tries to understand the connection between Eva and Adolph Hitler In her own way, Marlene begins to quietly rebel by listening to the BBC, which is forbidden by the Fuhrer An act of...Gripping, fictionalized memoir Excellent prose and in the English translation The narrative is based to an undetermined amount on the author s interviews or info from a cousin of Eva Braun, Gertrude Weisker Little could be found via the web regarding Weisker On...Fantastic I love fiction that illuminates humanity especially the gritty, uncomfortable sides, and explores how the seemingly impossible becomes everyday life This is a fictional work based on the author s interviews with Eva Braun s cousin, who stayed at Hitler s Alpine Resort Bunker and Nazi headquarters during and up until the end of the ...I found it worth reading because of the history It showed a side of Hitler s world that hasn t often been revealed in other books Though he doesn t show up in the novel, he s very much there What bothered me was the omissions The author slid over the fact that millions of Jews were being murdered at the time There were only two references in the whole novel to Jews, and...Sibylle Knauss has written a truly beautiful book in Eva s Cousin How bland yet how fulfilling a title for a book based on the real life experiences of a woman whose identity became enmeshed in her relation to Germany s supreme ruler of that time, Adolf Hitler Set in Berchtesgaden, in Hitler s own home, with the towering Alps for a backdrop, and the despairing end of World War II, Eva s Cousin is a collage of memories, and time set against the superimposition of evil There is a personal side Sibylle Knauss has written a truly beautiful book in Eva s Cousin How bland yet how fulfilling a title for a book based on the real life experiences of a woman whose identity became enmeshed in her relation to Germany s supreme ruler of that time, Adolf Hitler Set in Berchtesgaden, in Hitler s own home, with the towering Alps for a backdrop, and the despairing end of World War II, Eva s Cousin is a collage of memories, and time set against the superimposition of evil There is a personal side to evil here through all the chaos that Hitler unleashed, seen through the eyes of Marlene, the poor cousin of Eva Braun, the mistress of Hitler, it becomes a intense focus of a 20 year old struggling to come to terms with existence Who was Eva Braun It is a question that has been asked time and again Sibylle Knauss attempts an answer to that question Who is Gertrude Weisker This forgotten figure from history who broke almost 50 y...Fascinating, fictionalized experience of a young woman who holes up with her cousin, Eva Braun, at Hitler s Bavarian getaway during the waning years of the war For historical detail it s superb because the central character is based on a real person the author interviewed her there s also a tendency to overexplain, which I find less compelling if only because the idea of self interrogation is such a predominate current project in German literature that can try to hard to tip the reader s p Fascinating, fictionalized experience of a young woman who holes up with her cousin, Eva Braun, at Hitler s Bavarian getaway during the waning years of the war For historical detail it s superb because the central character is based on a real person the author interviewed her there s also a tendency to overexplain, which I find less compelling if only because the idea of self in...Based on the true experiences of Eva Braun s Hitler s mistress cousin, Gertrude Weisker A fictionalized never sure of what is fact or fiction account of time spent with her cousin Eva at Hitler s fortress in the Alps A fascinating look at a very insular world and the allure the Nazi s had for the young German cousins Readslike a memoir than fiction Really piqued my interest in Eva Braun what motivated her to stay with Hitler until the bitter end and take her own life Overall, a Based on the true experiences of Eva Braun s Hitler s mistress cousin, Gertrude Weisker A fictionalized never sure of what is fact or fiction account of time spent with her cousin Eva at Hitler s fortress in the Alps A fascinating look at a very insular world and the allure the Nazi s had for the young German cousins Readslike a memoir than fiction Really piqued my interest in Eva Braun what motivated her to stay with Hitler until the bitter end and take her own life Overal...This was a difficult book to get into I think part of the problem was the translation I didn t understand the main character Marlene s motivations until half way through I was determined to read the book because of the historical connection that Marlene has with Adolf Hitler on a personal level...Haunting novel based on the life of the cousin of Hitler s mistress.

Evas Cousin
  • English
  • 19 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0345449061
  • Sibylle Knauss
  • Evas Cousin