The period was not entirely free of personal tensions, however, as Charlotte discovered that Otto was having an affair, this time with a young German woman called Traute. It was not the first such development, or the last. Pregnant again, she responded ferociously, forcing an end to the relationship and determined to punish Otto, which she did by terminating the pregnancy. The decision was tough, she concluded, but necessary, to avoid losing her husband. [...]
Back in Berlin, she was pregnant once more, and this time decided to keep the child. [...] Charlotte needled him further, by insisting that the new daughter be named Traute, in honour of his recent affair. ‘That should please you,’ she wrote.
The Ratline by Philippe Sands
Least spiteful Nazi party member
