Iconic photo — on the day Hitler died, she bathed in his bathtub.
American photojournalist Lee Miller captured the atrocities of World War II. They included images of bombed-out London, as well as shots from German concentration camps. One of her most famous press photos was a scene taken in Adolf Hitler’s private apartment.
Ten days after his 56th birthday, Adolf Hitler and his newlywed wife Eva Braun locked themselves in a bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. The day was April 30, 1945. It was probably just before 4:00 p.m. that Hitler and Braun took their own lives.
According to an NSDAP resolution from the 1930s, the dictator’s successors as leader should have been Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess, respectively. Under the circumstances, however, this was not possible, as the former was considered a traitor and the latter was in British captivity. Under Hitler’s will, therefore, the post of Reichspräsident (Reich President) was created, which was assumed by Karl Dönitz.
Muse of Picasso and Ray
Meanwhile, in Munich, at the Führer’s private lodgings, a pair of American photojournalists were staying to document the horrors of war. They were David Scherman, who collaborated with “LIFE” magazine, and Lee Miller, a correspondent for “Vogue” and an ex-model of this magazine.
