Heike B. Görtemaker
(born 1964 in Bensheim), historian
After her degree in history, economics and German at the Free University Berlin and Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, Heike Görtemaker wrote her PhD thesis about journalist Margret Boveri. She published the biography in 2005, entitled Ein deutsches Leben. Die Geschichte der Margret Boveri, 1900-1975 (i.e. A German Life. The Story of Margret Boveri, 1900-1975). Her biography Eva Braun. Leben mit Hitler (i.e. Eva Braun. Life with Hitler; 2010) reached a wide readership. Her book Hitlers Hofstaat. Der innere Kreis im Dritten Reich und danach (Hitler's Court: The Inner Circle of The Third Reich and After) was published in 2019). Heike Görtemaker lives in Kleinmachnow.