Eckhard Christian
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Eckhard Christian was a Luftwaffe officer in World War II, and rose to the rank of Generalmajor. On 2 February 1943, he married Gerda Daranowski who was one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries durin
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Hans Jeschonnek
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Hans Wenzel Ernst Jeschonnek was a German military aviator in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I, a general staff officer in the Reichswehr in the inter–war period and Generaloberst and a Chief o
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…colonel) on 1 March 1943. In mid-1943, Gerda Christian returned to Hitler's staff as one of his private secretaries. After the suicide of Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek, when the latter was replaced by Günther Korten, Christian was appointed to the Luftwaffe Command Staff at Hitler's request. One year later, he was…
Jeschonnek in 1941
Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt
General Wever
Jeschonnek with Göring, 1941, before the deterioration of their relationship