february private secretary mistress children born began secretary lover resigned duties subsequently children boy girl war married lived rest life outside public eye post war interviews answering questions involvement war crimes committed nazis knowledge died biography early life born february cologne daughter local businessman final exams secondary school trained secretary qualified foreign languages end training worked relationship kurt baron founders der circle friends economy met employed headquarters berlin early early private secretary function particularly responsible sponsorship giving awards confessed love tried fell relationship wife mother daughter found relationship time february felt bitter parents rejected relationship took residence lived near estate friend wife wife right hand man counted friends later lived bavaria children son born february daughter born july year borrowed house built near little known overall relationship couple likely saw rarely activity numerous offices presumably wife informed secret work relationship ended spring met time mid march shared daily telephone calls april post war world war europe ended austria learning death radio went hiding living temporarily upper bavaria june july arrested members interrogated days munich daughter learn half siblings war tried contact refused lived kept contact family older brother close 1950s final years later remarried took new husband son struggled life stayed daughter physician interview editor remained silent responsibility nazi war crimes died aged printed london isbn peter life new_york isbn online world war retrieved june women retrieved june
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