Hitler's Heroine
eBook - ePub

Hitler's Heroine

Hanna Reitsch

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hitler's Heroine

Hanna Reitsch

About this book

Hanna Reitsch longed to fly. Having broken records and earned the respect of the Nazi regime, she was the first female Luftwaffe test pilot, and eventually became Adolf Hitler's personal heroine.

An ardent Nazi, Hanna was prepared to die for the cause, first as a test pilot for the dangerous V1 flying bombs and later by volunteering for a suggested Nazi 'kamikaze' squadron. After her capture she complained bitterly of not being able to die with her leader, but she went on to have a celebrated post-war flying career. She died at the age of 67, creating a new mystery – did Hanna kill herself using the cyanide pill Hitler had given her over thirty years earlier?

Hitler's Heroine reveals new facts about the mysterious pilot and cuts through the many myths that have surrounded her life and death, bringing this fascinating woman back to life for the twenty-first century.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. The Hanna Reitsch Who’s Who
  7. 1 Born to Fly
  8. 2 A New World
  9. 3 The Soaring Dream
  10. 4 Flying is Everything
  11. 5 Snow and Broken Glass
  12. 6 Giants of War
  13. 7 A Child of Silesia
  14. 8 Living with Disillusionment
  15. 9 The End of the World
  16. 10 When All Hope Is Lost
  17. 11 Adrift in Africa
  18. 12 Lost and Alone
  19. Appendix 1: Letter from Dr Joseph Goebbels
  20. Appendix 2: Letter from Magda Goebbels
  21. Appendix 3: Selected World Records and Awards Earned by Hanna Reitsch
  22. Bibliography