Gustloff was proclaimed a '' Blutzeuge '' of the Nazi cause and his murder became part of the propaganda that served as pretext for the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom . His wife Hedwig , who had been Hitler 's secretary , received from Hitler personally a monthly " honorary pay " of 400 Reichsmark , the equivalent of some $ 13,000 today
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Wilhelm Gustloff