Hanna Reitsch
Hanna interested in Dolfy's pencil
Name:	Hanna Reitsch
Born:	29 March 1912
Died:	24 August 1979 (aged 67)
Known for	2nd dumbest character in Downfall
Portrayed by	Anna Thalbach

Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviatrix.

Contents 1 Background 2 In Downfall 3 In parodies 4 Gallery 5 Comments

BackgroundEdit

Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia. She began flying in 1932 with flights in gliders. She left medical school in 1933 at the invitation of Wolf Hirth to become a full-time glider pilot and instructor at Hornberg in Baden-Württemberg. She was soon breaking records, earning a Silver C Badge No 25 in 1934.

During the evening of 28 April, von Greim and Reitsch flew out from Berlin in an Arado Ar 96 trainer (from the same improvised airstrip). Robert Ritter von Greim was ordered to get the Luftwaffe to attack the Soviet forces that had just reached Potsdamer Platz and to make sure Heinrich Himmler was punished for his treachery of making unauthorised contact with the Western Allies. Fearing that Hitler was escaping in the plane, troops of the Soviet 3rd Shock Army, which was fighting its way through the Tiergarten from the north, tried to shoot the Arado down. The Soviet troops failed in their efforts and the plane took off successfully.

She was one of the few German women who worked as test pilots during the Nazi era, and the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during World War II. Along with her flying skills Reitsch was photogenic and willingly appeared in Nazi Party propaganda throughout the late 1930s and early 1940s, which made her a celebrity. She set over forty aviation altitude and endurance records during her career, both before and after World War II, and several of her international gliding records are still standing to this day.

Reitsch was soon captured along with von Greim and the two were interviewed together by American military intelligence officers.

After her release Reitsch settled in Frankfurt am Main. Following the war German citizens were barred from flying powered aircraft, but within a few years gliding was allowed, which she took up. In 1952 Reitsch won third place in the World Gliding Championships in Spain (and was the only woman to compete). She continued to break records, including the women's altitude record (6,848 m (22,467 ft)). She became German champion in 1955.

She was also the first female to fly a helicopter. According to rumors, Reitsch was romantically involved with General von Greim.

Reitsch died in Frankfurt at the age of 67 on 24 August 1979, allegedly following a heart attack. She had never married.

In DownfallEdit

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In parodiesEdit

Reitsch and Greim had a dinner with Adolf Hitler, which became the setting for many parodies. Reitsch is considered the one of the dumbest characters in the Downfall universe, along with Greim and Günsche.

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GalleryEdit

Downfall Characters V • T • E
Main (with lines)	Alwin-Broder Albrecht • Artur Axmann • Martin Bormann • Eva Braun • Wilhelm Burgdorf • Gerda Christian • Vasily Chuikov • Inge Dombrowski • Hermann Fegelein • Erna Flegel • Hans Fritzsche • The Goebbels(Joseph • Magda • Goebbels children) • Ernst-Robert Grawitz • Robert Ritter von Greim • Hermann Göring • Otto Günsche • Werner Haase • Johannes Hentschel • Walther Hewel • Heinrich Himmler • Adolf Hitler • Peter Högl • Alfred Jodl • Traudl Junge • Wilhelm Keitel • Erich Kempka • Karl Koller • The Kranzes(Wilhelm • Dorothee • Peter) • Hans Krebs • Heinz Linge • Constanze Manziarly • Wilhelm Mohnke • Rochus Misch • Max Müller • Hanna Reitsch • Ernst-Günther Schenck • Franz Schädle • Albert Speer • Stehr • Ludwig Stumpfegger • Tellermann • Fritz Tornow • Walter Wagner • Helmuth Weidling
Silent	Hans Baur • Nicolaus von Below • Matvey Blanter • Gerhardt Boldt • Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky • Theodor von Dufving • Hermann Göring • Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven • Mata O'hara • Konstantin Simonov • Hans-Erich Voss • Rudolf Weiß
Unseen / Mentioned	Folke Bernadotte • Gretl Braun • Theodor Busse • Karl Dönitz • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Heinz Guderian • Albert Kesselring • Harald Quandt • Gerd von Rundstedt • Sophie Scholl • Joseph Stalin • Felix Steiner • Walther Wenck • Georgy Zhukov
Other	Blondi • Informer • Objector • Unnamed characters

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