Traudl Junge, 82, Hitler's Private Secretary

[Dave Monroe]

Traudl Junge, 82, Hitler's Private Secretary

February 14, 2002 

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

BERLIN, Feb. 13 - Traudl Junge, a private secretary to
Hitler who was the last surviving witness to the Nazi
leader's final moments in his Berlin bunker, died in
Munich on Sunday night. She was 82. 

Her memoirs on the three years she worked for Hitler
were published last week and a documentary film,
"Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary," based on recent
interviews with her, had its premiere at the Berlin
Film Festival on the night of her death. 

In her memoirs, mostly written shortly after the war,
she wrote that Hitler, "gave me a feeling of security,
safety, and being cared for." 

The book describes one of his last acts, when he
called her to take down his will. According to her, he
said, "I have something to dictate to you." She wrote
that she was shocked at the words, "The Jews are
guilty." 

She expressed remorse for her uncritical devotion to
Hitler. 

"Sometimes I think if I had the chance to meet Hitler
again, I would ask him if he discovered he had Jewish
blood in his family tree, would he have gassed
himself?" she said in the film.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/obituaries/14JUNG.html?ex=1014711404&ei=1&en=120bc0eaaa9e3da7

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