The Time War
By Gary LM Martin
Chapter 1: The Führer's Frequently Used Woman
Her name was Eva.
Technically speaking, she wasn't yet married to the Führer, but she had been his constant companion for years.
Andy Kowalski smiled as he saw Eva Braun drinking moodily in a dimly lit Berlin bar. He suddenly felt vindicated in not hiring a Sherpa as a guide. This vacation to Nazi Germany in the year 1945 had been expensive enough, wiping out six month's worth of savings. And Sherpas were
expensive
. They would have added another three months wages to the cost. And what did skinny little brown men who ambled around with walking sticks know about seducing the wife of the leader of Nazi Germany anyway?
However, Andy had been smart enough not to go in
totally
unprepared. He had read
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sleeping With Hitler's Wife
from cover to cover. Like the climb up Mount McKinley, there were some ascents to the peak which were less challenging than others.
One popular date to seduce Eva was on July 14, 1944, shortly after D Day. The Führer was said to be depressed after the Allied Landing in Normandy. Even though the Führer had anticipated the exact landing point for D Day, the Allied forces had soon driven his army back towards Germany. With the Führer depressed, Eva would be depressed too, and
vulnerable
.
Another popular date to try to get into Eva's bloomers was on January 2, 1945, after the Russian front started to collapse and the Communist hordes started to surge towards Germany.
But the
best
possible time to seduce Eva Braun, according to
The Complete Idiot's Guide,
was on or around February 7, 1945, when Eva discovered Adolph and Dieter.
General Rommel's Afrika Korps had brought back an unexpected treasure, a large six foot four muscular black man named Dieter. Upon viewing this splendid physical specimen, Director of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels knew instantly where he could best serve the Reich. Dieter was taught a smattering of German, mostly words such as "yes, harder, faster, deeper, slower, and stop!" and made a personal body servant of the Führer. Goebbels instinct was correct; the Führer was immediately smitten with his new body man.
Eva, however, was
much less
so, and when she came home one day to discover Dieter executing a
blitzkrieg
from the rear into the heart of the Fatherland with very strong Panzer-like thrusts, she ran off, screaming into the night.
And that's where Andy Kowalski found her the following day, weeping in her beer, in a seedy bar in downtown Berlin.
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As the unacknowledged paramour of the Führer, no one knew who Eva was, of course. And so she could sit in a public bar, thinking she was safely anonymous.
Andy, of course, knew
exactly
who she was. He had been well prepared by a cheerful attendant in Straykerland named Shimona Schmaltz who had shown him a number of likenesses of her. Eva was hiding under a dark hat which only partially hid her blonde curls, but Andy recognized her immediately.
Andy sat down next to the Führer's woman and ordered a beer. He smiled at her. She looked away. He smiled again.
"Hello," he said, in fluent German.
"Hi," she said, giving a half scared smile.
"You're very pretty," said Andy. It sounded straightforward and crude to his ears, but
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sleeping With Hitler's Wife
assured him that this introductory line worked 83% of the time. And 83% were good odds when you were trying to sleep with the Führer's wife. Very good odds.
"Thanks," she said, and her smile got a bit broader.
They got to talking.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sleeping With Hitler's Wife
recommended getting Eva drunk, but not too drunk. More than four or five schnapps and Eva might be too unresponsive to perform.
Andy took the warning seriously. He bought Eva four drinks, no more, and watched as she warmed up to his idle flattery.
Andy smiled back, and went into his prepared script, and they had an idle conversation while Andy waited for the alcohol to take effect.
When he felt the time was right, he smiled at her and said, "I have a room upstairs. Why don't we go and talk a little more there?" But
talking
was the furthest thing on Andy's mind. Eva was pretty, she was blonde, and
she was the Führer's wife.
Eva looked uncertain.
This was the last bridge that had to be crossed, according to the summary at the end of Chapter 7 of
The Complete Idiot's Guide
(The Chapter entitled, "Making the Sale"):
Caution! Even if you follow all these steps correctly, Eva might require an extra push to get her across the finish line. If Eva hesitates when the moment of decision comes, play to her vanity. Or her insecurity.
Andy decided to play to her insecurity. "All right," he said, sounding uninterested. "I'm sure I can find someone else to play with." He started looking around the bar.
"No," said Eva, grabbing his arm. She had just discovered that the love of her life, the supreme ruler of the Third Reich, was having anal sex with a large black man named Dieter, and she was feeling terribly, terribly insecure. She had blamed herself for it. Somehow she was no longer attractive to the Führer... or maybe she was unattractive to
all
men!
Andy saw the look of vulnerability in her eyes and smiled. He took her by the arm and led her to his private room upstairs in the tavern.
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Eva Braun was
pretty