Background
Born in Munich, Braun was the oldest daughter of school teacher Friedrich "Fritz" Braun and seamstress Franziska "Fanny" Kronberger.
Born in Munich, Braun was the oldest daughter of school teacher Friedrich "Fritz" Braun and seamstress Franziska "Fanny" Kronberger.
She 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. 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 Braun risked arrest on charges of "defiling the race". Marx"s license to practice medicine was revoked in 1938 and he was expatriated in April 1939.
His doctorate was revoked in October 1939.
He had already emigrated to the United States by then Braun stated after the war that she and Eva had tried unsuccessfully to intercede on his behalf.
Eva overdosed on sleeping pills on 28 May 1935 in a suicide attempt. Ilse discovered her that night, gave first aid, and called a doctor.
Ilse 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. This was Braun"s second suicide attempt—she had shot herself in August 1932. Braun began working in the Berlin office of Albert Speer on 15 March 1937.
Speer, an architect, had just been appointed General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital.
Braun was one of his first employees. After graduating from a journalism programme, Braun began work as an editor at Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a conservative newspaper.
She remarried in 1941 to a man named Fucke-Michels, and moved to Breslau, where she was employed by the Schlesische Zeitung. Braun had no involvement in politics.
Braun lived with her mother in the family home in Ruhpolding in Upper Bavaria after her father"s death in 1964.
She had no children.