Paula Hitler

Born 21 January 1896, Paula was the last child of Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. She grew up in the shadow of her older brother, a relationship that would eventually force her into obscurity. After 1945 she lived under the names Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff, her identity subsumed by the necessity of distance from a surname that had become synonymous with atrocity. She died 1 June 1960, having spent her final years as a footnote to history's darkest chapter.