
Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's private secretary, from Autumn 1942 until the collapse of the Nazi regime. She worked for him at the Wolfsschanze in Obersalzberg, on his private train and, finally, in his bunker in the besieged capital. It was Traudl Junge to whom Hitler dictated his final testament. In her first ever on-camera interview, 81-year-old Junge talks about her unique life. In the spring of 2001, Andre Heller succeeded in convincing Traudl Junge how valuable it is ... (Full plot summary below)
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Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's private secretary, from Autumn 1942 until the collapse of the Nazi regime. She worked for him at the Wolfsschanze in Obersalzberg, on his private train and, finally, in his bunker in the besieged capital. It was Traudl Junge to whom Hitler dictated his final testament. In her first ever on-camera interview, 81-year-old Junge talks about her unique life. In the spring of 2001, Andre Heller succeeded in convincing Traudl Junge how valuable it is to record her unique memories. Fifty-six years after the end of the Second World War, an important eyewitness reveals her experiences to us. What she saw and heard turned her into an furious opponent of National Socialism; an opponent, moreover, who is still painfully aware and seems incapable of forgiving the young girl she once was--for her naivete, ignorance, and her liking for Hitler.
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittJunge's testimony is a salutary reminder that Hitler was like other people in ways, and that the evil he manifested could visit us again if more civilized humans don't remain watchful. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisAll in all, the last days of Hitler's life make vivid listening and subtitle-reading. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovJunge paints such a vivid picture with her words that visual aids would have been redundant at best and detrimental at worst. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Anita SchmaltzThis is a straightforward, dead-ahead documentary...but nonetheless it builds to a poignant, extreme and terminal climax that shoots off the celluloid right into our guts, piercing our sense of history and humanity. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansThe images conjured by Junge's words -- of the seductive normalness of Hitler's personality, and of the doom-ridden final days of the Nazi regime -- are enough. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe filmmakers are smart to cut between their primary interview and later footage of Junge watching that interview and offering further commentary -- living footnotes, as it were. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekAn historical document, not for the novelty of its revelations, but for the fact that it may be the last insider testimony of the fall of the Third Reich. |
| Contra Costa TimesMary F. PolsBlind Spot has the potential to be a great teaching tool for all of us. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...for those who are prepared to settle in for what essentially amounts to a filmed lecture, the film certainly warrants a look. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereAlthough it has a stripped-down, cinema verite simplicity that suggests unrehearsed spontaneity ... the compulsively fascinating Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary also has the quality of a near-operatic epic performance. |