Elisabeth, the Hitler Girl, published in sequels in 1937, is the story of a young department store saleswoman who enthusiastically enrolls in a training camp for young Nazis. The story is a conscious contrast to the national socialist novels of the time. The work fortunately combines journalistic research and literary creation.

Maria Leitner's novel Elisabeth, the Hitler Girl and other writings depict everyday life in Nazi Germany. It builds on journalistic experiences gathered in National Socialist Germany. He writes about the poison kitchen of IG Farben, about the weapons forged in Solingen, and about the recently mentioned pastor Martin Niemöller. In the short texts, even in the novel that forms the backbone of the volume, he paints an authentic and effective picture of the everyday life of National Socialism.