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Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary

Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary

by Melissa Muller (Editor), Melissa Muller (Editor), Traudl Junge (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $34.17
Synopsis

'To have such an uncomplicated, unaffected witness present at some of the key defining moments of the 20th century was fortunate for historians...her testimony rings absolutely true, when other politically motivated accounts of the last days of Hitler do not' Andrew Roberts Traudl Junge was 22 years old and dreamt of a career as a ballerina, until the 'opportunity of her life' beckoned and she was appointed as Adolf Hitler's secretary. From 1942 until his death she was at his side in the bunker, typing his correspondence, his speeches and even his last private and political will and testament. It was only after the war that the horrible reality of Hitler's regime began to dawn on her, and she became racked with guilt for 'liking the greatest criminal ever to have lived.' Her journal, written in 1947, is a startling eyewitness account of Hitler's court during its final years, and of the building sense of doom as the war progressed.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Film tie-in e.
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 17 Mar 2005
ISBN 10: 0753820552
ISBN 13: 9780753820551
Book Overview: The film has broken all box office records in Germany Has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Oscars announced end Feb) 'One of the best war movies ever made. On par with SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and DAS BOOT in every regard' Hollywood Reporter Appeals to the same sort of audience as THE PIANIST. We sold over 140,000 copies of the film tie-in edition alone Film company distributing it here was behind the success of another foreign great - AMELIE - as well as LOST IN TRANSLATION and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND The marketing company behind the film are incredibly pro-active and have already planned a teaser campaign and many promotional events including a preview screening run by the DAILY TELEGRAPH and THE TIMES, an event at the Cabinet War Rooms, an event at the new Churchill Museum and ticket offers via book stores

Media Reviews
'This memoir is a unique historical document, naive in some respects but trustworthy in its testimony and oddly thrilling in its unknowing progress to a terrible doom.' TIMES (2.4.05)
Author Bio
Traudl Junge was a brewer's daughter born in 1920 in Munich. From the end of 1942 until April 1945 she was Hitler's private secretary. In 1942 she married one of Hitler's staff, Hans Junge who was killed a year later. After the war she was sent to a Russian prison camp and later returned to Germany to work as a secretary and a sub-editor. She died on February 10th, 2002 shortly after publication of her book.