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FOREWORD by Traudl Junge. This book is neither a retrospective justification nor a self-indictment. I do not want it to be read as a confession either

We cannot put our lives right in retrospect; we must go on living with the past. We can put ourselves right, however. FOREWORD by Traudl Junge. I do not want it to be read as a confession either. Instead, it is my attempt to be reconciled not so much to the world around me as to myself. It does not ask my readers for understanding, but it will help them to understand. I was Hitler’s secretary for two and a half years.

In 1942 Germany, Traudl Junge was a young woman with dreams of becoming a ballerina like her sister, when she . She typed correspondence and speeches, including Hitler's public and private last will and testament.

In 1942 Germany, Traudl Junge was a young woman with dreams of becoming a ballerina like her sister, when she was offered the chance of a lifetime. She and the other secretaries ate their meals and spent evenings with him, as well as with Eva Braun and high-ranking Nazi officials. She was close enough to hear the bomb that was intended to assassinate Hitler in the Wolf's Lair.

Traudl Humps competed along with other secretaries working in the Reichs Chancellory to become one of Hitler’s secretaries. Ultimately Hitler selected Traudl because she was from Munich, somewhat resembled Eva Braun, and was good enough at typing & dictation. Traudl didn’t say but her friendly and naive personality must have helped. She fit in well with the others. She also wasn’t tempted or compromised by working with hundreds of young & not so young soldiers.

After typing out Hitler's will, she remained in the Berlin Führerbunker until his death. Following her arrest and imprisonment in June 1945, both the Soviet and the . militaries interrogated her. Later, in post-war West Germany, she worked as a secretary.

Varying Form of Title: Hitler's last secretary. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Friends and associates. Personal Name: Mu?ller, Melissa, 1967

Varying Form of Title: Hitler's last secretary. Personal Name: Mu?ller, Melissa, 1967-. Personal Name: Bell, Anthea.

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Hitler's Last Secretary. Price may vary by retailer. In 1942 Germany, Traudl Junge was a young woman with dreams of becoming a ballerina when she was offered the chance of a lifetime. At the age of twenty-two she became private secretary to Adolf Hitler and served him for two and a half years, right up to the bitter end.

I do not want it to be read as a confession either. Instead, it is my attempt to be reconciled not so much to the world around me as to myself ll help them to understand. Apart from that my life has always been unspectacular. In 1947–48 I put down on paper my memories, then still very vivid, of the time I had spent close to Adolf Hitler. At this period we were all looking to the future and trying – with remarkable success, incidentally – to repress and play down our past.

In 1942 Germany, Gertraud Traudl Junge was a young woman with dreams of becoming a ballerina when she was offered the chance of a lifetime. At the age of twenty-two, she became private secretary to Adolf Hitler and served him for two and a half years, right up to the very end. Junge observed the intimate workings of Hitler’s administration: She typed his correspondence and speeches-including Hitler’s public and private last will and testament-and ate her meals and spent evenings with him.