Life After Hitler and Death
Paula and Adolf Hitler
After the war, Paula Hitler was arrested by American intelligence officers and held for questioning. During questioning, she explained that she loved her brother and that he continued to support her financially throughout the war. Even so, Paula stated that she was only able to see Adolf twice a year and otherwise had little to no contact with the dictator
She was eventually released and returned to Vienna, where she lived for a time on her savings. When her brother’s money ran out, she took a job at a local craft store. In 1952, she moved to the mountains outside of Salzburg and changed her name to Paula Wolff.
Wolff had no obvious connection to the Hitler family. Although, it was later discovered that it was the nickname Paula used to refer to her brother as a child and that Adolf also used it as a codename during his time as Führer.
Unbeknownst to her, Paula Hitler was closely supervised by the surviving former SS members. Most of her life, Paula lived in seclusion, alone and away from social gatherings, facing the fact that her brother had turned into a monster.
In any case, her life after the war was quiet and reserved. In 1959, she accepted the only interview she would ever do. Peter Morley, a British reporter who contacted Paula showed his interest in Adolf Hitler’s life. The original German interview was lost, but the English version remains. It was her first and last television interview.
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