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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hedwig_PotthastHedwig Potthast - Wikipedia

    Hedwig Potthast (5 February 1912 – 22 September 1994) was the private secretary and mistress of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, with whom she had two children. Born in 1912, Potthast began as Himmler's secretary in 1936 and by 1938 she had become his lover.

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  3. www.timesofisrael.com › himmler-diaries-revealHimmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life

    Aug 5, 2016 · The journals, found in Russia in 2013, show how the SS chief managed his personal and professional affairs, even as he ordered mass killings of Jews. Hedwig Potthast, one of his secretaries, noted down his visits to concentration camps and extermination sites.

  4. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hedwig_PotthastHedwig Potthast – Wikipedia

    Hedwig Potthast (* 5. Februar 1912 in Köln ; † 22. September [1] 1994 in Baden-Baden ) war die Privatsekretärin und Geliebte des Reichsführers SS Heinrich Himmler .

  5. tspace.library.utoronto.ca › bitstream › 18071 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL ... - University of Toronto

    This paper examines the lives and roles of eight women who worked for influential Nazi officials, including Hedwig Potthast, who was Hitler's personal secretary. It argues that they were not victims or perpetrators, but rather women with agency and power derived from their race, class, and employment.

  6. spartacus-educational.com › Hedwig_PotthastHedwig Potthast - Spartacus Educational

    Hedwig (Häschen) Potthast, the daughter of a sergeant-major in the German Army, was born in Cologne on 5th February, 1912. After high school she left home and trained in Mannheim as a bilingual secretary. Potthast worked for Kurt von Schröder before being employed by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Berlin. In 1934 she met Heinrich Himmler and two ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Heinrich_HimmlerHeinrich Himmler - Wikipedia

    Hedwig Potthast, Himmler's young secretary starting in 1936, became his mistress by 1939. She left her job in 1941. He arranged accommodation for her, first in Mecklenburg and later at Berchtesgaden. He fathered two children with her: a son, Helge (born 15 February 1942, Mecklenburg) and a daughter, Nanette Dorothea (born 20 July 1944 ...

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  9. www.mourningtheancient.com › ww2-x41Hedwig Staeck (Potthast) - Mourning the Ancient

    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 with you, so I shall. For me life in the Reich under National Socialism was very good, except when the war came.