Brigitte Hamann was born on July 26, 1940 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a writer, known for Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants (1999), Hitler und der Wagner-Clan: Götterdämmerung in Bayreuth (2002) and 12 Jahre, 3 Monate, 9 Tage - Die Jahreschronik des Dritten Reichs (2006). She was previously married to Hamann, Prof.