is titled J'étais pilote de Hitler: Le sort du monde était entre mes mains ("I was Hitler's pilot: The fate of the world was in my hands."). The book is a collection of Baur's eyewitness accounts of Hitler's daily activities and conversations. It is unique because Hans Baur, as his private pilot and personal friend, was in Hitler's presence practically every day from 1933 to 1945. The book also includes an account of the events surrounding the arrest of Ernst Röhm, by Hitler himself, on 30 June 1934 at Bad Wiessee in which Baur took part. The book tells of Baur's dislike for Hermann Göring (whom Baur describes as a "thick-headed glutton"). Baur was one of the few people who was truly close to Hitler and was one of the last people to see him alive in the Berlin bunker. The book has since been translated into English – with the title "I was Hitler's Pilot" – and is an insider's account of Hitler's life and doings as leader of the German Reich. Baur died in Germany on 17 February 1993. Personal life Hans Baur married Elfriede Baur in 1923. Their only daughter, Ingeborg, was born the following year. After Elfriede Baur's death from cancer in 1935, Baur married again, with Hitler as his best man. His second wife, Maria, by whom he had two daughters, died while he was in captivity in the Soviet Union. His third wife, Cresentia, survived him. Decorations & awards 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) 3rd Class with Crown and Swords Ehrenbecher für den Sieger im Luftkampf wiki Germany Bavarian Military Merit Medal in Silver, July 1918 Pilot/Observer Badge SA Sports Badge in Bronze, 1 December 1937 Degen (SS), 1 December 1937 Anschluss Medal Sudetenland Medal Danzig Cross 2nd Class, 24 October 1939 Golden Party Badge SS Ehrendolch Honour Chevron for the Old Guard Order of the Crown (Romania), April 1942 Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir, 1943 See also List of SS-Gruppenführer References Citations Bibliography Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. , . 1897 births 1993 deaths People from Mühldorf (district) People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Military personnel of Bavaria Luftstreitkräfte personnel German World War II pilots German