Johanna Wolf Wikipedia Article- Rough Draft
January 31, 2010 
Johanna Wolf (Born June 1, 1900 in Munich; June 5, 1985 in Munich), was one of German dictator Adolf Hitler‘s secretaries. was German dictator Adolf Hitler’s chief secretary.
Career
Born in Munich, Wolf joined Hitler’s personal secretariat in 1929 as a typist, at which time she also became a Nazi Party member. When Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933 she became a senior secretary in his Private Chancellery. Wolf, Hitler’s senior secretary, was one of his older secretaries, and she was also his secretary for the longest amount of time. While he addressed his other secretaries formally as “Frau” or “Fräulein”, he called her “Wölfin” meaning She-Wolf because of his obsession with wolves. She and Hitler had a very close relationship, and she was often thought of as the best possible source for people to go about Hitler. As the senior secretary and a dedicated Nazi she was a trusted member of Hitler’s entourage, and remained with him when he withdrew to the Führerbunker in central Berlin as the Red Army approached.
On 22 April 1945, however, Hitler, having decided to stay and die in Berlin, sent Wolf and Christa Schroeder to his house at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. They were tasked with burning his personal papers before the papers could be seized by the Allies.
Capture
Wolf was taken prisoner on 23 May in Bad Tölz when the Americans occupied Berchtesgaden. Together with Schroeder, she remained a prisoner until 14 January 1948. Wolf moved to Kaufbeuren afterwards and died in Munich in 1985.
Refusal to discuss Hitler Loyalty Towards Hitler
Although Wolf served under Hitler for many years, unlike other secretaries such as Traudl Junge, she refused to consent to any interviews or reveal any information, even when, during the 1970s, she was offered a large amount of money to write her memoirs. Whenever asked to do so, she stated that she was a “private” secretary and believed it was her duty to never reveal anything about Hitler. When Wolf was taken prisoner, Leni Riefenstahl, a German filmmaker, eventually got her to reveal a little information about Hitler. Wolf revealed that people close to Hitler were not able to escape his magnetism until his death, even though he was quite emaciated. She was so loyal to Hitler that she wanted to die with him, and she also claims that Hitler was not aware of all the terrible things that were happening in Germany during his reign, but fanatics exerted more and more influence on him and they made orders Hitler knew nothing about. <1>
The Führerbunker
The Führerbunker was located under the Reich Chancellery, and it was where Hitler and company hid during the end of World War II. Wolf also told Leni Riefenstahl she really wanted to stay with Hitler at Führerbunker, but she departed because Hitler urged her to leave the Reich Chancellery for the sake of her 80 year old mother and he forced her and others to leave on the last flight out of Berlin.
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For the part where you say ‘Wolf, Hitler’s senior secretary, was one of his older secretaries, and she was also his secretary for the longest amount of time.’, i think you can make it more clear by saying ‘Wolf, Hitler’s senor secretary, was one of his older secretaries who worked for Hitler the longest’ or something..
When you talk about how somebody tried to get information about Hitler from Wolf, i think it’s better to say ‘some’ than ‘a little’ because it sounds better.. other than that, i think you did great in staying in neutral point of view and also the citing informations.
this is extremely well written and was defiantly intriguing to read. i find it very interesting that the titles were the way they were but they really fit the topic and it seemed to split the reign of Adolf Hitler into different sections. very well done Callie (*blank stare*)
Under the Career section, you could change “born in Munich…” to “Wolf was born in Munich and joined Hitler’s…” You might also consider changing “to go about Hitler” to “to go to about Hitler”. Under Loyalty towards Hitler, you said, “…got her to reveal a little information about Hitler. Wolf revealed that…” This is good information, but you might consider changing one of the “reveal”s to a different verb.
Other than that, I think you added a lot of good information to the Wikipedia Article. It would be nice to have a little more information about the capture and her life afterward, but I understand that there is probably not a lot available.
Callie, in the section “Wolf, Hitler’s senior secretary, was one of his older secretaries, and she was also his secretary for the longest amount of time.” I believe you can make this less choppy by saying that: “Wolf,Hitler’s senior secretary, was one of his oldest and longest tenured secretaries/assistants” If assistants works as a substitute. I believe also some more citations would be helpful in providing further credibility. For example when you explain that her nickname meant “She-Wolf” a citation should be placed where you found this information. Also the last section on the bunker is all one sentence. Maybe try breaking this section up into two or three key points and elaborating on them.
The post is nice and written in a neutral point of view, but could use some further citations to back up some facts.
Good post.
In the below sentence I would personally say that she “became a member of the Nazi Party”:
Born in Munich, Wolf joined Hitler’s personal secretariat in 1929 as a typist, at which time she [[also became a Nazi Party member.]]
I think that using the Wikipedia footnote citation would be helpful.
The post does a good job of keeping a neutral stance.