The Work I Did
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law, rule of here
Le Monde diplomatique here
Le Pen, Marine here, here
left-behind, the here, here
Leipzig, University of here
Leiser shoe manufacturing company here
Lesser, Ludwig here, here
Levi, Herr here
Löwenthal, Eva here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Lucke, Albrecht von here, here
Marian, Ferdinand here, here
media, the, defamation of here
Merkel, Angela here
migrants here
Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda here
Ministry of Propaganda here, here BP’s appointment here, here
BP’s first day here
staff here, here
access to files here
duties here
BP’s experiences in here, here, here, here, here, here, here
wages here
air raid preparations here
Goebbels’s private apartment here
colour codes here
phone calls here
routine here
advisors here
rules of behaviour here
safes here
air-raid shelter here, here
BP’s return here, here
surrender here
orders here
minorities, protection of here
Misch, Rochus here
modern age, challenges of here
Mölln here, here
monetary policies here
moral compass here
MORI here
Müller, Olaf S. here
Munich here, here
Muslim population here
Mussolini, Benito here
National Socialism here, here
Naumann, Dr here, here, here
Naumann, Werner here, here, here
Nazi Party BP joins here, here
BP’s judgement of here, here
BP’s work for here
electoral victory, 1933 here, here
hardliners here
parades and torchlight processions here
putsch, 1923 here
rise of here, here, here, here
support for here
women’s groups here, here
Nazi Women’s League here
neo-liberalism here, here, here, here
Netherlands, the here, here
Neu-Babelsberg here
New Labour here
newspapers here
Niels, Axel here
Nollendorf Theater here
not wanting to know here
Nuremberg Trials here, here
Obama, Barack here
obedience, blind here
Olympic Games, 1936 here, here, here
Oppenheimer, Rosa Lehmann here, here, here, here
opportunism here
Orbán, Victor here
Otte, Richard here, here
Paris here, here
passivity here, here, here, here, here
peace movement here, here
PEGIDA here, here, here, here
people, indifference of here
People’s Court here, here, here
perceived truth here
personal advantage, obsession with here
Petry, Frauke here
Pirinçci, Akif here
pogrom, November 1938 here, here
Poland here, here, here, here, here
political fatigue here
Pomsel, Brunhilde here birth here
childhood here, here
father here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
mother here, here, here, here, here, here
siblings here
upbringing here, here, here, here, here, here
lack of interest in politics here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
family background here
family life here
family politics here
grandfather’s suicide here
education here, here
first job here
business-school courses here
shorthand here, here, here
self-subordination here
as Goldberg’s secretary here, here, here, here
Jewish friends here, here
attitude towards Jews here, here, here, here
friends here, here
introduced to Bley here, here, here
brothers join Hitler Youth here
rise of here, here, here, here, here, here
Nazi Party membership here, here, here, here
experiences in the Reichsrundfunk here, here, here, here, here
wages here, here
lung disease here, here, here
pregnancy here
relationship with Kirchbach here
appointment to Ministry of Propaganda here, here
first day at Ministry of Propaganda here
experiences in the Ministry of Propaganda here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
appearance here, here
Ministry of Propaganda wages here
tailor here
Frowein and here
air raid, 1943 here
at ‘Do you want total war?’ speech here
dinner with Goebbels here
function here
lack of friends here
not wanting to know here
trust in here
final days in the bunker here, here
rape fears here
visits parents here
return to Ministry here, here
and duty here, here
surrender here, here
arrest here
internment here, here, here, here
judgement of Nazi Party here, here
learns of atrocities here
refuses blame here
judgement on Goebbels here, here, here, here, here
guilt here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
release here
post-war life here
learns fate of Eva Löwenthal here
and marriage here
individualistm here
influences on here, here, here
sensitivity here
inferiority complex here
on young people here, here, here
orders here
on justice here
death here, here
opportunism here
lessons from here, here, here
condemnation of here
honesty here
claim to know nothing here, here
confession about her role here
superficiality here
accusations against here
naivety here
selfishness here
Pomsel, Gerhard here
populism here, here, here, here, here
Portugal here
Posen here
Post-truth here, here
Potsdam here, here, here
poverty here, here, here
prejudices, reinforcing here
press, the, defamation of here
prices here
PRO ASYL here
Propaganda Stuttgart advertising agency here
Public Enlightenment, fundamental principle of here
putsch, 1923 here
rabble-rousing here, here, here
racial profiling here
racism here, here
radical minority, the here
radicalisation here, here, here, here, here
radio broadcasts here, here, here
radio stations, foreign here, here
Raether, Elisabeth here
rallies here
rapes here, here
Rapoport, Ingeborg here
rationing here, here
Red Army here, here
Red Cross here
ref
ugee crisis here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
refugee policy here
Reich Broadcasting Corporation here
Reich sports field here
Reichsender Berlin here
Reichsrundfunk here, here audience here
Bley negotiates with here
BP’s experiences in here, here, here, here
board of directors here
cut backs here
purged of Jews here, here
radio cars here
staff arrests here
Zeitfunkabteilung here
Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft here
Reitsch, Hanna here, here
resistance here, here, here, here
responsibility here, here
Reuter, Edzard here, here
RIAS Berlin here
riots here
Rostock-Lichtenhagen here
Rundfunk exhibition here
Russia here
Sachsenhausen here, here
Sarotti here
Saxon Royal Court here
scapegoating here
Schirmeister, Konstantin von here, here
Scholl case, the here
Schröder, Gerhard here
Schrotthofer, Roland here
Schumann, Harald here
Schwägermann, Günther here, here, here, here, here
Schwanenwerder here
Second World War outbreak here
first bombs fall here
final days here
Seehofer, Horst here
self-subordination here
Shell Youth Study here
Sobek, Johannes ‘Hanne’ here, here
social cohesion, breakdown in here
social contract, the here
social decline, fear of here
social fragmentation here
social justice here
social media here
social networks here
socio-economic situation 1930s here
present day here, here, here
solidarity here
Solingen here, here
Southern Poverty Law Center here
Spain here
Special Camp No. here, here, here, here
Spencer, Richard here
SS, the here
Stalingrad, battle for here, here
Stasiuk, Andrzej here
Stauffenberg, Claus von here
stock-market speculation here
Stoker, Gerry here
Strache, Heinz-Christian here
stupidity here
Sturmabteilung (SA) here, here, here
Sudeten Germans here
Südwestfunk here
super-rich, the here
surrender here, here
Syria and the Syrian Civil War here, here, here, here, here
telephones here, here
television here, here, here
Tempelhof airport here, here, here
terrorist attacks here
Teutonic art here
theatres here
thoughtlessness here
Titze, Werner here
tolerance here
trials here
Trump, Donald here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Trust Barometer here
truths here
Turkey here, here, here, here, here
Twitter here
UFA here, here, here
unemployment here, here, here, here, here
UNHCR here
United States of America here, here, here, here, here, here Muslim population here
political indifference here
rise of populism in here
Van der Bellen, Alexander here
Venice Biennale here
Versailles Treaty here, here, here, here
Vice magazine here
Völkischer Beobachter here
Wannsee here, here, here
Weidling, General Helmuth here
Weigensamer, Florian here
Weimar Republic here, here
Wenck, Walther here
Wenck Army, the here, here, here, here
Wernicke, Rolf Waldemar here, here, here, here
White Rose, the here, here, here, here, here
White Russians here
Wilders, Geert here
women’s groups, Nazi Party here, here
xenophobia here, here
young people BP on here, here, here
expectations of the future here
need for self-expression here
political indifference here
political participation here
ZDF here
A NOTE ON THE AUTHORS
Brunhilde Pomsel was born in Berlin on 11 January 1911. After training to become a typist, she began a job in the news department of the state radio station in Berlin in 1933. Nine years later she joined the Propaganda Ministry as a secretary to Joseph Goebbels. Pomsel lived in Munich until her death in January 2017. She was 106 years old.
Thore D. Hansen is a German journalist and writer.
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