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Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary (2002)

by Traudl Junge

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Nicht so doll. Traudl Junge schreibt über Hitler seinen engsten Kreis und massig Langeweile, weil sie und die anderen 3 Sekräterinnen von Hitler kaum Arbeit haben. Sie klagt darüber im goldenen Käfig zu sitzen, nicht aus den Bunker rauszukommen usw. Viele Deutsche wären damals froh gewesen überhaupt ein Dach über dem Kopf zu haben. Frau Junge mag zwar jung und naiv gewesen sein, sie hat die Previlegien die ihr als Hitlers Sekräterin zustanden genutzt, aber nur für sich selbst. Das sie nach dem Ende des Krieges von Russen und später von den Amis ins Gefängnis gesteckt wurde tut mir gar nicht Leid. Sie hat trotz allem überlebt - viele andere nicht.
  realSandy | Aug 8, 2009 |
Interessant bog om nazitoppen set indefra. Grundlag for den fremragende tyske film fra 2004: Der Untergang. Se den! ( )
  hans_erik_s | Oct 18, 2007 |
Ohne sich in Selbstmitleid oder Beschuldigungen zu ergehen, beschreibt Junge die letzten Jahre des 3. Reiches und ihr Zusammensein mit den Mächtigen des Landes, die letztendlich auch nur einfache Menschen waren. Monster mit menschlichen Zügen - wie soll man dies verstehen?! ( )
1 vote Kaysbooks | Aug 18, 2007 |
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"Traudl Junge was 22 years old and dreamt of a career as a ballerina when the 'opportunity of her life' beckoned. Adolf Hitler appointed her to his private office and from 1942 until his death she was at his side, typing his correspondence, his speeches and even his last private and political will and testament." "'I was 22 and I didn't know anything about politics, it didn't interest me, ' she claims. Her journal, written in 1947, recounts the mostly mundane time she spent typing and making tea, culminating in a building sense of despair and doom as the war progressed. It was only when the war was over that the true horror of what she had been involved in began to dawn on her. She was wracked with guilt for 'liking the greatest criminal ever to have lived', having found him a 'pleasant older man and a good employer'. Her journals are accompanied by a preface and an afterword, co-written by Melissa Muller, which give some background to her story, filling us in on the rest of Traudl's unhappy life and her feelings of guilt over her naive actions."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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