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==== The "Ideal" Women ====

In Eva Braun, Hitler had a mistress with a loyal heart and who practiced blind obedience. In Riefenstahl, he had identified his ideal German woman. In her acting career, she played characters who were brave and heroic and usually of the peasant class. Hitler admired her traits and talents, something of which Riefenstahl was aware. She exploited her role as the dominant woman in Hitler's life in order to gain carte blanche of her Party funded projects, much to the consternation of Joseph Goebbels. As head of the Propaganda Ministry, she was politically aware, intelligent, capable, and fiercely loyal. Tension began to grow between Goebbels and Riefenstahl as the competition for the Fuhrer's attention escalated. Riefenstahl emerged triumphant and began to garner coveted directorial tasks away from Goebbels, thus furthering her career as a film maker and propagandist. A chief component of Riefenstahl's success with Hitler was the way in which she projected German women.