 This memoir deals with the years (1942–1945) that Traudl Junge spent with Adolf Hitler as his personal secretary.When he first hired her, by chance as it turns out, she was 21 years old and was sought out because a secretary needed to be replaced.During Traudl Junge's time with Hitler, she claims that she was blind to the genocidal activities that were conducted around her because she was so spellbound by Hitler's paternal charisma.