Johanna Wolf

Johanna Wolf (Born June 1, 1900 in Munich; † June 5, 1985 in Munich), was one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's secretaries.

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. 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.

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.

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.