Paula Hitler

“ The death of my mother left a deep impression on Adolf and myself. We were both very much attached to her. Our mother died in 1907 and Adolf never returned home after that.
Since I was so much younger than my brother, he never considered me a playmate. He played a leading role among his early companions. His favourite game was cops and robbers, and that sort of thing. He had a lot of companions. I could not say what took place in their games, as I was never present. Adolf as a child always came home too late. He got a spanking every night for not coming home on time. ”

“ I was ordered to remain incognito also when I was moved from my home in AUSTRIA to the Berchtesgadener Hof.
I lost my job in a Viennese insurance company in 1930 when it became known who my brother was. From that time until the Anschluss he gave me a monthly pension of 250 schillings. After the Anschluss he gave me 500 marks a month.
In 1940 I went to BERLIN to see my brother. I was never under the observation of the Sicherheitsdienst. I could always move about freely. The criminal police once came to check on all the guests when I lived in a hotel in MUNICH during MUSSOLINI's visit. ”

“ I like my relatives from the WALDVIERTEL, the SCHMIEDs and the KOPPENSTEINs. I usually wrote my brother a birthday letter, and then he wrote a short note, and sent a package. This would contain Spanish ham, flour, sugar, or something like that that had been given to him for his birthday.
I did not see my half-sister Mrs. Angela HAMITZCH very often. She lived in DRESDEN. She had her husband and children and was happily married. I spent the last few days before the arrival of the Americans with her, as she was also in the Berchtesgadener Hof. ”