Melita Maschmann (January 10, 1918 – February 4, 2010) was a German

memoirist A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether non-fictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travel literature, travelogue, etc.) ...

. She achieved renown with her 1963 book ''Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch'' (lit: "Conclusion: No Attempt at Justification") which recounted her years as a member of the

Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth ( , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth wing of the German Nazi Party. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was th ...

and a propagandist for the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

machine. The book was translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan as ''Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self'', and published as an eBook in 2013 b
Plunkett Lake Press
Maschmann never married and had no children. For the last ten years of her life, she suffered from

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...

. Maschmann's life was portrayed in the documentary ''

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'' (2013) where she was played by Ivy Blackshire.

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Women Revisit the Third Reich
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