Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary

Starring: Traudl Junge

The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working for unspeakable evil after remaining silent for nearly 60 years.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396002678
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: PG
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent
• Directors: Andre Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
• Starring: Traudl Junge
• Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Straight from the horse’s oops, the secretary’s mouth.

A documentary made by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. The target interviewee is Traudl Junge or Traudl Humps; she was Adolf H-i-t-l-e-r’s secretary from 1942 to 1945 and recorded H-i-t-l-e-r’s last will. My copy is in full-screen format, with the color of Traudl sitting in a chair with some bookshelves in the background. The focus is on her and not the books; however, one or two do come into focus. We do know that she claims to have read Vikto Klemperer’s Books. Some parts of the documentary have problems with synchronizing the voice with the picture. She speaks German slowly enough that I can almost keep up with her. Some German silent inter-titles helped; I had to pause long enough to read.) I went through it a second time with English subtitles. There are only English, French, and Spanish subtitles. German would have been a plus in keeping up with the real words and not paraphrasing. The length is one hour and 27 minutes. Unfortunately, Traudl spends more time Pooh-Poohing H-i-t-l-e-r and not enough time focusing on the details of what she was working on. She also accused H-i-t-l-e-r of being a vegetarian who did not imbibe or smoke. He even had white knees. We do get a good rendition of the attempt to dispatch H-i-t-l-e-r with a hidden bomb. This is the basis of the film “Valkyrie” (2008). “And the incident made him feel even more certain that he was on the right path…” We get a general overview of the final days in the bunker where Blondie was dispatched.