Hitler was deranged with grief when the niece he lusted after killed herself, claims Fuhrer's household staff as they reveal intimate details of the Nazi leader's life

What was it like to work for Adolf Hitler? Not as a minister or a general, but as one of the silent and largely unseen household staff who saw him every day, in every mood, brought him his breakfast and made his bed.

For the first time, a fascinating new book brings together the translated accounts of Hitler’s housekeeper, valet and chambermaid.

Herbert Dohring was appointed housekeeper at the dictator’s mountain retreat, the Berghof, in 1935, where his wife already worked as the cook. Anna Plaim joined the household as a chambermaid at the age of 20 in 1941.

As for Karl Wilhelm Krause, he was plucked from the German navy to become Hitler’s valet in 1934. So close was Krause to his boss that he was nicknamed Shadow — and even after he left his job five years later, his friends kept him well informed about the dictator’s private life.



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