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This documentary is a must for any serious student of the Third Reich. It is a primary research vehicle with the account of Hitler's Secratary, a person who was present in the Bunker and who took Hitlers dictation of his last will and testament is about as close as you can get without knowing Hitler yourself.

If you are a student of the war then you will recognize many of the stories Traudl Junge speaks of. It is too bad that many of the other survivors of the war were not interviewed in such depth. many of the Bunker survivors lived until recently and many of the NAZI's present at such conferences as Wansee lived well into the 1980's. All and everything they may have said about what they experiences is now lost to the ages.

She is the women who contributed to the first Hitler Bunker film with Oscar Werner (Hitler: The Last The Days!) and also the most recent and best "Downfall!"

Mortality and every day that passes now makes this "living history" harder and harder to come by. At least we heard from Speer, Leni Refienstal, and many of the surviving Generals. They say we will never forget. I do not think thats true. Soon this will be like studying Napoleon.

Good film for serious students of the war.

I saw this film at the Telluride Film festival. It was very hard to sit through. Every shot the same. Not much editing changes. Nothing in this film but watching person talk about a lot of stuff that wasn't that important. The conversation didn't seem to give much insite into Hitler. Basically the secretary talks about his dog, and other misc stuff. After about an hour of sitting through the movie myself and a friend decided to leave because it was rather boring to keep sitting through this movie.