Hitler's New Year Party

Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) with guests at at his residence, the Berghof near Berchtesgaden, Germany, 31st December 1939. Front row left to right: Wilhelm Bruckner (Hitler's Chief Adjudant), Christa Schroder (Hitler's secretary), Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler, Gretl Braun (Eva's sister), Adolf Wagner (Gauleiter of Munich) and Otto Dietrich (press chief). Second row, left to right: Gerda Daranowski (Hitler's Secretary), Margarete Speer, Martin Bormann, Dr. Karl Brandt and Heinrich Hoffmann. Back row, left to right: Dr. Theo Morell (Hitler's personal physician), Hannelore Morell, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (Hitler's naval adjudant), Gerda Bormann, Max Wunsche (one of Hitler's SS aides) and Heinrich Heim (from Bormann's staff). (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)