How Does Trau Junge Portray The Holocaust?

This week in class we learned about how post-World War II public and private memories can be remembered and portrayed by German citizens from that time. Watching the film Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary, reading a piece by Domansky about German memories, having an expert group present and having an in-depth class discussion involving all of the aforementioned items brought up a myriad of significant ideas and critical realizations. The expert group began by providing a background for the film, explaining whom the director, cameraman and leading protagonist of the film were. An interesting point brought up about the director, André Heller, was that he was the son of a holocaust survivor, and perhaps this is what sparked his interest in making the film. The presentation also mentioned that the …show more content…
Junge supposedly admitted to Schmiderer that she feels like she could let go of her life now that her story is being told.
One of the important discussion questions asked about the film was how does Frau Junge portray Hitler? The class discussed this question at length, and we came up with the conclusion that Junge described Hitler as more of a father figure to her, as she had a much more personal relationship with him than most others. The private memories she shared about Hitler humanized him in a sense, providing a perspective that a good majority of the public had never heard. Another discussion question asked was how does Hitler’s secretary reflect on her work for Hitler? What themes does she address? What does she not talk