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03060aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 009E0DD4550D11E9884C074097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190402010148 008 170830s2018 enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1408894491 020 $a 9781408894491 020 $a 9781408894484 020 $a 1408894483 035 $a (OCoLC)1001924210 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d OCLCA $d EAU $d UBY $d COO $d STF $d IGA $d OCLCF $d CGP $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d UKMGB $d OCL $d GZN $d OCLCO $d NZBAL $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a DD247 P585 A3 2018x 100 1 $a Pomsel, Brunhilde, $d 1911-2017, $e author. 240 10 $a Ein deutsches Leben. $l English 245 14 $a The work I did : $b a memoir of the secretary to Goebbels / $c Brunhilde Pomsel, Thore D. Hansen ; translated by Shaun Whiteside. 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Publishing, $c 2018. 300 $a xvii, 212 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-201) and index. 546 $a Translated from the German. 505 0 $a 'We weren't interested in politics' Growing up in 1930s Berlin -- 'Hitler was simply just a new man' Joining the Reichsrundfunk -- 'It was a bit of an elite' Promotion to the Propaganda Ministry -- 'Loyal to the end' The last days in the Propaganda Ministry -- 'We knew nothing' Arrest and new beginning -- 'I wasn't guilty' The CV of a 103-year-old woman -- What the story of Goebbels's secretary teaches us for the future / Thore D. Hansen. 520 $a 'I know no one ever believes us nowadays: everyone thinks we knew everything. We knew nothing. It was all a well-kept secret. We believed it. We swallowed it. It seemed entirely plausible.' Brunhilde Pomsel described herself as an 'apolitical girl' and a 'figure on the margins'. How are we to reconcile this description with her chosen profession? Employed as a typist during the Second World War, she worked closely with one of the worst criminals in world history: Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. She was one of the oldest surviving eyewitnesses to the internal workings of the Nazi power apparatus until her death in 2017. Her life, mirroring all the major breaks and continuities of the twentieth century, illustrates how far-right politics, authoritarian regimes and dictatorships can rise, and how political apathy can erode democracy. Compelling and unnerving, The Work I Did gives us intimate insight into political complexity at society's highest levels at one of history's darkest moments. 600 10 $a Pomsel, Brunhilde, $d 1911-2017. 600 10 $a Goebbels, Joseph, $d 1897-1945. 610 20 $a Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. 651 0 $a Germany $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a Germany $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 700 1 $a Hansen, Thore D., $d 1969- $e author. 700 1 $a Whiteside, Shaun, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190402014913.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=009E0DD4550D11E9884C074097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search