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Traudl Junge Quotes

1920–2002 Germany

Traudl Junge (March 16, 1920 – February 10, 2002) was Adolf Hitler's private secretary from 1942 to 1945.

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And at that moment I actually sensed that it was no excuse to be young, and that it would have been possible to find things out.

Now that I've let go of my story, I can let go of my life.

We should listen to the voice of conscience. It does not take nearly as much courage as one might think to admit to our mistakes and learn from them. Human beings are in this world to learn and to change themselves in learning.

Until the Final Hour : Hitler's Last Secretary (2004)

Of course, the terrible things I heard from the Nuremberg Trials, about the six million Jews and the people from other races who were killed, were facts that shocked me deeply. But I wasn't able to see the connection with my own past.

I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend. I deliberately ignored all the warning voices inside me and enjoyed the time by his side almost until the bitter end. It wasn't what he said, but the way he said things and how he did things.

In Hitler's Bunker: A Boy Soldier's Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer's Last Days (2005)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Traudl Junge (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.