Brunhilde Pomsel, one of the last surviving witnesses to Adolf Hitler’s final moments and the former secretary of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, passed away last Friday at her home in Munich at the age of 106.

During World War II, Pomsel served as Goebbels’ personal stenographer, transcribing his dictations into various documents and letters. Despite her proximity to the inner circle of the Nazi regime, Pomsel claimed to be unaware of the genocide that was occurring at the time.

Pomsel vividly recalled Goebbels’ transformation during one of his famous speeches in 1943, where he called for “total war” and alluded to the Holocaust. She described him as a contrast between noble elegance in the office and a raging figure on stage.

Despite her role in the Nazi regime, Pomsel witnessed the brutality of the Nazis firsthand, including the disappearance of her Jewish friend at the hands of the regime.

Following the war, Pomsel found herself in the Berlin bunker during Hitler’s final days, where she witnessed the suicides of Goebbels and Hitler. She later served five years in Russian prison camps before working in radio and spending the remainder of her life in Munich.