Life After Life

Life After Life

by

Kate Atkinson

Eva Braun Character Analysis

Adolf Hitler’s real-life mistress. In the book, Eva is friends with Klara and invites Ursula and Frieda to come to Hitler’s mansion, the Berghof. In a later timeline, Ursula uses her knowledge about Eva’s life to get close to Hitler in the 1930s, before the start of World War II, in order to kill him and prevent the war.

Eva Braun Quotes in Life After Life

The Life After Life quotes below are all either spoken by Eva Braun or refer to Eva Braun. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Life, Reincarnation, and Alternate Possibilities Theme Icon
).
The Land of Begin Again, Aug 1939 Quotes

Powerful men needed their women to be unchallenging, the home should not be an arena for intellectual debate. “My own husband told me this so it must be true!” she wrote to Pamela.

Related Characters: Ursula Todd (speaker), Pamela Todd, Derek Oliphant, Jürgen Fuchs, Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun
Page Number: 359
Explanation and Analysis:

What had the Fuhrer’s apprenticeship for greatness been? Eva shrugged, she didn’t know. “He’s always been a politician. He was born a politician.” No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.

Related Characters: Eva Braun (speaker), Ursula Todd, Adolf Hitler
Page Number: 360
Explanation and Analysis:
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Eva Braun Quotes in Life After Life

The Life After Life quotes below are all either spoken by Eva Braun or refer to Eva Braun. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Life, Reincarnation, and Alternate Possibilities Theme Icon
).
The Land of Begin Again, Aug 1939 Quotes

Powerful men needed their women to be unchallenging, the home should not be an arena for intellectual debate. “My own husband told me this so it must be true!” she wrote to Pamela.

Related Characters: Ursula Todd (speaker), Pamela Todd, Derek Oliphant, Jürgen Fuchs, Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun
Page Number: 359
Explanation and Analysis:

What had the Fuhrer’s apprenticeship for greatness been? Eva shrugged, she didn’t know. “He’s always been a politician. He was born a politician.” No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.

Related Characters: Eva Braun (speaker), Ursula Todd, Adolf Hitler
Page Number: 360
Explanation and Analysis: