Melita Maschmann

Melita Maschmann (1918–2010) was a German memoirist.[1] She achieved renown with her 1963 book Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch (lit: "Account Rendered: No Attempt at Justification") which recounted her years as a member of the Hitler Youth and a propagandist for the Nazi machine.

The book was translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan as Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self.

Maschmann never married and had no children. For the last ten years of her life, she suffered from Alzheimers.[2] Maschmann's life was portrayed in the documentary Teenage (2013) where she was played by Ivy Blackshire.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Profile
  2. ↑ Helen Epstein, "I was a Nazi and here is Why," The New Yorker, May 29, 2013, http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/i-was-a-nazi-and-heres-why
  3. ↑ http://teenagefilm.com/archives/teenage-film/ivy-blackshire-as-melita-maschmann/

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