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Hitler Memoir Gets English Translation

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted May 17, 2009 5:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – After serving as Adolph Hitler’s adoring secretary for 12 years, Christa Schroeder recounted her experiences in a 1949 memoir, Hitler in Private. With an English translation on the way, the New York Post reveals some highlights—including an account of Hitler’s doctor injecting him with hormones from bull testicles. Some notable Hitler quotes from the memoir, now titled He Was My Chief: The Memoirs of Adolph Hitler's Secretary:

  • On his opposition to meat-eating: "The human is an evil animal of prey.”
  • On the Japanese: “The Japanese are yellow-skinned and slit-eyed, but they are fighting against Britain and the United States.”
  • On dieting: "I have to eat less, I am putting on fat, I must lose it!"
  • As the Allies closed in: "Remain calm. Berlin will remain German, we just have to gain time!"

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler is shown in this official 1937 photo.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler is shown in this official 1937 photo.   (AP Photo)
Actor Martin Sommerlatte plays Adolf Hitler in the musical The Producers during a dress rehearsal on Thursday May 14, 2009.
Actor Martin Sommerlatte plays Adolf Hitler in the musical The Producers during a dress rehearsal on Thursday May 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)
In this July 3, 2008 file photo, a figure depicting former German dictator Adolf Hitler is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum, in Berlin, on Thursday, July 3, 2008.
In this July 3, 2008 file photo, a figure depicting former German dictator Adolf Hitler is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum, in Berlin, on Thursday, July 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran, File)
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I do not know whether his teeth were ever very attractive, but by 1945 they were yellow and he had bad breath. He should have grown a beard to hide his mouth. - Christa Schroeder

For Hitler, gratification came from the ecstasy of the masses. He was erotic with the women by whom he surrounded himself, but never sexual. - Christa Schroeder

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COMMENTS
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Rob
May 18, 2009 12:46 PM CDT
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Robert_Dada
May 18, 2009 12:09 PM CDT
More like Dick Cheney's inspiration.
ABO_2012
May 18, 2009 5:03 AM CDT
Robert_Dada...why don't you just convet to Islam and move to Iran? I would call you a horse's' a##, but that would be insulting the horse. You need help for your Bush Derangement Syndrome.

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