Dr. Karl Otto von Eiken, an otolaryngologist, revealed in his letters that Hitler was afraid of losing his voice.
The newspaper NZZ am Sonntag published excerpts from the letter of the famous German Dr. Karl Otto von Eiken, an otolaryngologist, sent to his cousin Marie Steinberg, which is kept by a great-grandson of Hitler’s doctor residing in Switzerland with other letters containing full details of Hitler’s treatment of problems in the sound.
According to the newspaper, this doctor treated Adolf Hitler several times during the 10 years starting in 1935. The letters found by Robert Dubgen, a great-grandson of the doctor’s grandson, reveal Hitler’s intense fear of a serious illness – the loss of his voice. He told the doctor at his first medical consultation in May 1935, “If something is bad, you must certainly tell me.”
British historian Richard J. Evans, a specialist in German history, confirmed that these letters are authentic, and prove Hitler’s interest in his voice, which was winning supporters and support for his regime.
In one of the letters, the doctor confirms that he treated the person responsible for killing millions of people. According to the newspaper, after the end of World War II, the doctor’s answer was to a question for investigators – why didn’t you kill Hitler? – I was his doctor, not a killer.
German writer Norman Ohler, author of The Total Rush, a book about the Nazis’ abuse of cocaine, heroin, morphine and methamphetamine, including Adolf Hitler, had earlier declared that Germany’s takeover of France in 1940 was due to drugs.