Melita Maschmann | |
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| Born | (1918-01-10)January 10, 1918 |
| Died | February 4, 2010(2010-02-04) (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Memoirist |
| Nationality | German |
| Subject | Life in the Hitler Youth, Nazism |
| Notable works | Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch |
Melita Maschmann (January 10, 1918 – February 4, 2010) was a Germanmemoirist.[1] She achieved renown with her 1963 bookFazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch (lit: "Conclusion: No Attempt at Justification") which recounted her years as a member of theHitler Youth and a propagandist for theNazi machine.
The book was translated into English byGeoffrey Strachan asAccount Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self, and published as an eBook in 2013 byPlunkett Lake Press.
Maschmann never married and had no children. For the last ten years of her life, she suffered fromAlzheimer's disease.[2] Maschmann's life was portrayed in the documentaryTeenage (2013) where she was played by Ivy Blackshire.[3]
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