Hitler's Last Secretary (40 page)

works at the Wolf ’s Lair again,

accompanies Hitler to Italy,

second stay at the Berghof,

final period at the Wolf ’s Lair,

assassination attempt on Hitler,

journey to Berlin,

in Berlin,

spends Christmas in Munich,

in the Taunus,

last months of Hitler’s life in Berlin,

marriage of Hitler and Eva Braun,

death of Hitler and Eva Braun,

escape,

life after fall of Third Reich,

Kaiserhof, Berlin,

Kaltenbrunner, Ernst,

Kannenberg, Arthur,

Kannenberg, Freda,

Kares, Ulla
see
Raff (née Kares), Ulla

Katja (TJ’s post-war acquaintance),

Kehlstein house,

Keitel, Wilhelm,

Kemal Pasha (Kemal Atatürk), Mustafa,

Kempff, Wilhelm,

Kempka, Erich,

Kleinhesseloher See,

Klessheim, Schloss,

Klopfer, Erika (later Erika Stone),

Heimat wider willen; Emigranten in New York
(
A Homeland Against One’sWill. Emigrants in New York
),

Klopfer, Lore,

Knight’s Cross,

Koch, Fräulein,

Komödianten
(film),

Königsberg,

Königsplatz, Munich,

Königsee,

Krebs, Hans,

Krüger, Else,

Kunersdorf, battle of,

Kunze, Reiner:
Diary of a Year
,

Lake Constance,

Lake Garda,

Landsberg,

Lanze, Hans-Bernd,

Lanzenstiel, Luise,

Lanzenstiel family,

Leander, Zara,

Leggewie, Claus,

Lehaár, Franz,

Leibstandarte SS,

Leipzig,

Letzte Akt, Der
(
The Last Act
) (film),

Ley, Inga,

Ley, Robert,

Lichtenberg prison, Berlin,

Liefering,

Linge, Heinz

at the Wolf ’s Lair,

knowledge about Hitler,

on train journey to the Berghof,

at the Berghof,

and TJ’s visit to Italy,

and Hitler’s medication,

in Berlin,

and escape attempt,

biographical information,

Linz,

Lola Fasbender School of Dance,

London,

Lorenz, Heinz,

Löwenbrauerei,

Lübeck,

Ludwigshafen,

Luftwaffe,

Luisenlyzeum, Munich,

Luisenstrasse, Munich,

Luitpold, Prince Regent,

Magdeburg,

Majer & Finckh,

Mandl, Grenadier,

Manstein, Erich von,

Manziarly, Constanze,

Marienbad hotel, Muncih,

Marienstrasse, Berlin,

Mein Kampf
(Hitler),

Meisenbach, Herta,

Meistersinger, Die
,

Merry Widow, The
,

Meto Medical and Technical Marketing Company,

Milan,

Military Government of Germany,

Ministry of Propaganda, Berlin,

Mitropa,

Mittlstrasser, Gretl,

Mittlstrasser, Willi,

Mohnke, Wilhelm,

Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud,

Morell, Frau,

Morell, Theodor

as doctor,

at the Wolf ’s Lair,

on train journey to the Berghof,

at the Berghof,

dislikes flying,

Eva Braun distrusts,

examines Hitler after assassination attempt,

Hitler’s attitude towards,

illness,

and Hitler’s successful treatment by deputy,

criticism of,

in Berlin,

leaves Berlin,

biographical information,

brief mentions,

Moysee,

Müller, Heinrich,

Müller, Melissa,

chapters by,

Müller, Renate,

Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten( Munich Latest News
),

Munich

Hitler’s November putsch in

TJ’s early life in,

TJ visits, –

Hitler’s apartment in,

Eva Braun in,

air raids on,

bomb damage in,

TJ hopes to make new start in,

TJ escapes from Berlin to,

TJ visits friends in,

TJ’s sister works in,

TJ lives and works in,

brief mentions,

see also
names of streets and buildings in Munich

Munich-Moosach,

Munich Publishing,

Munich Räterepublik,

Musmanno, Michael A.,

Ten Days to Die
,

Mussolini, Benito, –

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Kemal Atatürk),

Mutterliebe
(
Motherly Love
) (film),

Napoleon,

National Health Head Office,

National Labour Day,Hitler’s speech for,

National Socialism

first mass rally of NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers’ Party),

TJ’s father involved in NSDAP activities,

strength of NSDAP,

and TJ’s education and home life,

and Klopfer family,

and aims of BDM,

TJ involved in cultural activities of,

TJ’s attitude to,

Tilla Höchtl’s dislike of,

propaganda,

and Schaub,

and Hoffmann’s photography,

and Frau von Exner,

Hitler perceives end of,

and Göring,

and TJ’s involvement,

German collective silence about,

TJ’s later feelings about,

brief mentions,

Naumann, Werner,

Nazi Women’s Association,

Nazism
see
National Socialism/Nazism

Negus (Eva Braun’s dog),

New York,

‘Night of the Amazons’,

Norway,

Nuremberg,

Nuremberg Laws,

Nuremberg trials,

Nussbaumallee, Berlin,

Nymphenburg castle park,

OKW
see
Wehrmacht: High Command/OKW

OT (Organisation Todt),

Oberholzer, Walter,

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

(OKW)
see
Wehrmacht: High

Command/OKW

Obersalzberg,
see also
Berghof, the; Berchtesgaden

Oberwiesenfeld, Munich,

Olympics,

Organisation Todt
see
OT

Osteria Bavaria, Munich,

Pabst, Georg Wilhelm,

Paracelsus
(film),

Paris,

Peters-Pawlinen, Helge,

Pfeiffer, Hans,

Platterhof, the,

Poland,

Portschach,

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin,

Prinzregentenplatz,Munich,

Propaganda Ministry, Berlin,

Purzel (dog),

Puttkamer, Karl-Jesko von,

Quick
,

Raeder, Erich,

Raff, Hans,

Raff (née Kares), Ulla,

Ramersdorf,

Rastenburg,

Rattenhuber, Johann,

Raubel, Angela Maria (Geli),

Regen,

Reich Chancellery, Berlin

TJ offered job at,

TJ works in,

Colonel Remers orders men to occupy,

Hitler returns to,

description of,

description of Hitler’s bunker at,

Hitler’s last months at,

Hitler’s death at,

staff escape from,

brief mentions,

Reich Labour Service,

Reich Management Organization,

Reitsch, Hanna,

Remer, Otto Ernst,

Reserve, the,

Reuters,

Ribbentrop, Joachim von,

Riefenstahl, Leni,

Robert Koch Hospital, Berlin,

Rolf Kauka publishing firm,

Romantic Ballet,

Rome,

Rüdiger, Jutta,

Rudolph Virchow Institute, Berlin,

Rühmann, Heinz,

Ruhr, the,

Rundschau, Die
,

Rundschau Verlag,

Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von,

Russia,

Russians

advance of,

in Berlin,

Krebs goes as peace negotiator to,

TJ held in prison by,

German atrocities against,

TJ’s escape from,

TJ fears attracting attention of,

brief mentions,

SA (Sturmabteilung or Brownshirts),

SD (Sicherheitdienst),

SPD Cultural Forum,

SS,

SS-Liebstandarte,

Salzburg,

Salzburger Land,

Schädle, Franz,

Schaub, Julius Gregor

at the Wolf ’s Lair, –

biographical information,

TJ’s impressions of character,

on train journeys,

at the Berghof,

in the Taunus,

in Berlin,

destroys Hitler’s papers,

leaves Berlin,

brief mentions,

Schirach, Baldur von, n and

Schirach (née Hoffmann), Henriette,

Schloss Klessheim,

Schmiderer, Othmar,

Schmundt, Rudolf,

Schneider (née Ostermeier), Herta,

Scholl, Sophie,

Schönmann (née Petzl), Marion,

Schroeder, Christa

long service as Hitler’s secretary,

at the Wolf ’s Lair,

on train journey to the Berghof,

Schroeder, Christa—
cont.

at the Berghof,

at Sanatorium Zabel,

in Berlin,

leaves Berlin,

biographical information,

loyalty to Hitler,

brief mention,

Schwabing district, Munich,

Schwägermann, Günther,

Secon,

Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, Munich,

Sicherheitdienst
see
SD

Siegel, Ralph Maria,

Silesian Station, Berlin,

Simultanschule, Munich,

Skoda, Albin,

Smyrna (now Izmir),

Social Democrats,

Sonnemann, Emmy
see
Göring (née Sonnemann), Emmy

Sophienstrasse, Munich,

Soviet Military Administration,

Soviet Union
see
Russia

Speer, Albert,

Speer, Margarete (known as ‘Gretel’ or ‘Margret’),

Stalin, Joseph,

Stalingrad,

Starnberg prison,

Stasi (Eva Braun’s dog),

Stauffenberg, Claus Count Schenk von,

Steiner, Felix Martin,

Steinernes Meer,

Stone (née Klopfer), Erika
see

Klopfer, Erika

Storm, Theodor Woldsen,

Strauss, Richard,

Stumpfegger, Ludwig,

Sturmabteilung
see
SA

Stürmer, Der
,

Sydney,

Thea (dancer),

Tiergarten, Berlin,

Tiso, Josef, President of Slovakia,

Todt, Fritz,

Todt, Ilsebill,

Tornow, Fritz,

Taunus, the,

Treviso,

Tristan und Isolde
,

Troost (née Anderson), Gerhardine ‘Gerdy’,

Troost, Paul Ludwig,

Turkey,

‘Two Thousand Years of German Culture’ (procession),

UFA studios,

USA
see
America; Americans

Ude, Christian,

Ude, Karin,

Ude, Karl,

Ukraine,

Union hotel, Munich,

Untersberg,

Upper Silesia,

V1s,

V2s,

Valenci, Trudl,

Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke,

Versailles, Treaty of,

Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy,

Vienna,

University Hospital,

Volkssturm,

Voss,Hans-Erich,

Voss-Strasse, Berlin,

Wagner, Richard,

Waizenegger, Heinz,

War Victims Head Office,

Watzmann,

Weber, Christian,

Weber, Friedrich,

Weber, Dr (Morell’s deputy),

Wehrmacht,

Hight Command/OKW,

Weimar,

Welt und Wort
,

Wenck, Walther,

Werlin, Jakob,

Werner, Oskar,

West/Western Front,

Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin,

Wilhelmsplatz Berlin,

Wilmersdorf, Berlin,

Winniza,

Winter, Anni,

Winter, Georg,

Winter Aid,

Wittenberge,

Wolf, Hugo,

Wolf, Johanna

long service as Hitler’s secretary,

at the Wolf ’s Lair,

on train journey to the Berghof,

goes to the Berghof,

on train journey to Berlin,

goes to headquarters at the Taunus,

leaves Berlin,

biographical information,

Wolf ’s Lair, the

TJ’s memories of,

blown up,

brief mentions,

Wolfratshausen,

Wort und Bild,

Wörther See,

Zabel, Werner,

Zabel sanatorium,

Zander, Wilhelm,

Zhukov, Gyorgy,

Zottmann, Agathe (TJ’s grandmother),

Zottmann, Hans (TJ’s uncle),

Zottmann, Hildegarde
see
Humps

(née Zottmann), Hildegarde

(TJ’s mother)

Zottmann, Maximilian (TJ’s grandfather),

ZumTürken inn,

Table of Contents

Halftitle

Title

Copyright

Dedcation

Contents

Halftitle 1

Foreword

A Childhood and Youth in Germany

My Time with Adolf Hitler

Confronting Guilt – A Chronological Study

Acknowledgements

Index