A German Life

Brunhilde Pomsel was Joseph Goebbels' stenographer from 1942 to the end of the war. The 104-year-old woman, who calls herself an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins" when describing her work for the Nazi Minister for Propaganda, relates for the first time her life story. Her experiences raise the troubling and timeless question: how reliable is our moral compass? To many who grew up in democratic post-war Europe, the world she describes may seem like ancient history; however, through this interview, interwoven with rare archival footage, the films' four creators challenge our tranquility, founded on the common assumption that fascism and war are no longer possible in Europe.