Hitler never had sex with wife Eva Brown due rare gynecological condition potentially making it 'unbearably painful'

Eva Braun never had sex with Hitler because of a rare gynaecological condition that would have made it unbearably painful, evidence suggests.

The Fuhrer's wife is likely to have suffered from Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, the Daily Mail reports, citing Thomas Lundmark, who has completed a biography of Braun's life.

The rare condition occurs when an unborn baby fails to fully develop a reproductive system, leaving them with little or no uterus, and a vaginal canal that can be short, narrow or totally missing. 

Adults with untreated MRKH say it makes sex agonising, and many seek surgical intervention – including, Professor Lundmark believes, Eva Braun. 

“There's really no question about it,” he said. 

One key piece of evidence is a calendar kept by the wife of Dr Gustav Scholten – a prominent Nazi gynaecologist working at Munich's Klinik Rechts der Isar. 

On the calendar, Mrs Scholten describes a call from Hitler's residence, the Berghof, writing: “Telephone call Berghof. Trip to Italy from Fuehrer. Thanks for operation Eva Braun.”

Dr Scholten was killed in a car accident in August 1944, but Professor Lundmark was able to track down the surgeon's son, Gerhard, who has since died too. 

Gerhard recalled being on Eva Braun's ward at the hospital and also confirmed that his mother had enjoyed an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy, courtesy of Hitler. 

“I talked to the son and he told me that he was in the hospital and Eva's room was filled with flowers like a flower shop,” said Professor Lundmark. 

“He was actually there visiting his aunt and his aunt was saying 'all she [Eva] does is complain the whole day and say how much pain she's in.”

The reason for the operation was confirmed in an interview with Eva's mother, Fanny, conducted by the Turkish-American journalist Nerin Gun, who published a biography of Braun in 1968. 

 During a trip to Rome, Eva confessed to her translator, the Nazi diplomat Eugen Dollmann, that she had no physical intimacy with Hitler. 

According to Dollmann's memoir, she said: 'Mission, mission, mission is all he knows…. the very idea of physical contact would mean contamination of his mission. 

'Many times watching the sun rise together he has confessed to me that he can only love Germany. 

'The youth of Germany, who look up to him as an example, shouldn't have to be disappointed by sordid love stories, for then they would lose trust in the cause.' 

In Professor Lundmark's view, there's no cause to doubt Dollmann's testimony – especially since it makes for a less salacious story.