according to gottfried wagner, winifred's grandson, she never admitted the error of her ways. after the war, in true friendship, her posthumous devotion to the man she cryptically referred to as "usa" – for "unser seliger adolf" (our blessed adolf) – remained undimmed. she corresponded with hitler for nearly two decades. scholars have not been allowed to see the letters, which have been kept locked away by one of winifred's grandchildren, amélie lafferentz, who has insisted that they not be released until the whole family agrees to do so.