Interview with Hedwig (Potthast) Staeck, personal secretary to Heinrich Himmler, Baden, 1988

Thank you for allowing us to visit with you, as discussed I would like to ask you what it was like to live during the Third Reich?

Hedwig: Yes, you are told I am sure what you will and will not ask me. I refuse to talk to anyone about the past; it is the past and should stay there. I am indulging you, as you know, because friends have asked that I speak …