Andrew Nagorski - Hitlerland

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Hitler’s rise to power, Germany’s march to the abyss, as seen through the eyes of Americans—diplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athletes—who watched horrified and up close. By tapping a rich vein of personal testimonies,
offers a gripping narrative full of surprising twists—and a startlingly fresh perspective on this heavily dissected era. Some of the Americans in Weimar and then Hitler’s Germany were merely casual observers, others deliberately blind; a few were Nazi apologists. But most slowly began to understand the horror of what was unfolding, even when they found it difficult to grasp the breadth of the catastrophe.
Among the journalists, William Shirer, Edgar Mowrer, and Dorothy Thompson were increasingly alarmed. Consul General George Messersmith stood out among the American diplomats because of his passion and courage. Truman Smith, the first American official to meet Hitler, was an astute political observer and a remarkably resourceful military attaché. Historian William Dodd, whom FDR tapped as ambassador in Hitler’s Berlin, left disillusioned; his daughter Martha scandalized the embassy with her procession of lovers from her initial infatuation with Nazis she took up with. She ended as a Soviet spy.
On the scene were George Kennan, who would become famous as the architect of containment; Richard Helms, who rose to the top of the CIA; Howard K. Smith, who would coanchor the
. The list of prominent visitors included writers Sinclair Lewis and Thomas Wolfe, famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, the great athlete Jesse Owens, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, and black sociologist and historian W.E.B. Dubois.
Observing Hitler and his movement up close, the most perceptive of these Americans helped their reluctant countrymen begin to understand the nature of Nazi Germany as it ruthlessly eliminated political opponents, instilled hatred of Jews and anyone deemed a member of an inferior race, and readied its military and its people for a war for global domination. They helped prepare Americans for the years of struggle ahead.

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127 In the Mowrer household and “ At this point”: Lilian Mowrer, 302.

127 “ Oh, Mr. Mowrer” and other quotes and details from Goldmann incident and aftermath: Lilian Mowrer, 303–305; additional information and “ people’s righteous indignation” from Edgar Mowrer, Triumph and Turmoil , 225–226.

129 “ If you were not” and “ gallant fighter” : Lilian Mowrer, 308.

129 “ And when are you ” and rest of exchange with young German official: Edgar Mowrer, Triumph and Turmoil , 226.

CHAPTER SIX: “LIKE FOOTBALL AND CRICKET”

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130 “ I do not remember” and other Dodd quotes and descriptions of her Chicago life and about marriage: Martha Dodd, Through Embassy Eyes , 5–41.

132 “ a perfect example”: Fromm, 121.

132 “ pretty, vivacious”: William L. Shirer, Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941 , 42.

132 “ Martha had an apartment”: Katharine Smith, unpublished manuscript of “My Life: Berlin August 1935–April 1939,” Truman Smith Papers, box 4, Hoover.

132 “ We liked Germany”: Martha Dodd, Through Embassy Eyes , 23–24.

132 “ The Germans seemed”: Ibid., 25.

133 “ saloon German”: Quentin Reynolds, By Quentin Reynolds , 104.

133 “ No American”: Ibid., 105.

133 “ I regret to say”: Ibid., 107.

133 “ such legendary figures” and description of Hanfstaengl: Martha Dodd, 25–26.

133 “ You’ve been here”: Reynolds, 109.

134 “ we didn’t”: Martha Dodd, 27.

134 “ The excitement of”: Ibid., 28.

134 “ It will be” and “ I could not at first tell”: Reynolds, 118–119.

135 “ tragic and tortured”: Martha Dodd, 28.

135 Martha still tried: Ibid., 28–29.

135 Hudson Hawley and “ Writing the story”: Reynolds, 119–120.

135 “ There isn’t one” and Norman Ebbutt: Ibid., 121.

136 they dispatched officials: Martha Dodd, 32.

136 “ Putzi serenaded”: Reynolds, 124.

136 “ Never come”: Ibid., 125.

137 “ Roosevelt must have”: “Round Robins from Berlin: Louis P. Lochner’s Letters to His Children, 1932–1941,” Wisconsin Magazine of History , Summer 1967.

137 “ most agreeable”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 13.

137 “ He showed no”: Ibid., 14.

137 “ well-known internationalist” and “ So far”: Ibid., 16.

137 “ the saddest story”: Ibid., 17.

138 “ are so uncontrollable”: Ibid., 44.

138 In a Columbus Day speech: Ibid., 46.

138 “ It would be no sin”: Dallek, Democrat and Diplomat , 211.

138 “ extraordinary applause”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 46.

138 “ It is evident”: Ibid., 48.

138 “ He looks somewhat better” and “ The Chancellor assured me”: Ibid., 49.

139 “ ranted” and rest of meeting with Hitler: Ibid., 50.

139 “ Fundamentally, I believe”: Gordon A. Craig and Felix Gilbert, eds., The Diplomats: 1919–1939 , 450.

139 “ I walked into the park”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 53.

140 “ just as I would have done” and “ It was clear to me”: Ibid., 56.

140 In early December, Sir Eric Phipps: Ibid., 63.

140 On January 1, 1934: Ibid., 67–68.

141 “ I was afraid”: Ibid., 68.

141 “Der gute Dodd”: Hanfstaengl, 204.

141 “ hopelessly weak”: Dallek, Democrat and Diplomat , 227.

141 “ He was a modest”: Hanfstaengl, 203.

142 “ Any possible concern” and rest of account and quotes from Eddy visit: Fromm, 123–124.

143 “ On the bridge” and rest of Morris account: Wright Morris, Solo: An American Dreamer in Europe: 1933–1934 , 161–163.

144 “ to create a”: Donald B. Watt, Intelligence Is Not Enough: The Story of My First Forty Years and of the Early Years of the Experiment in International Living , 85.

144 “ making friends”: Ibid., 159.

144 “ From its war-like”: Ibid., 11.

144 “ The suggestion of”: Ibid., 115.

144 “ excess of order” and remainder of Watt quotes: Ibid., 115–117.

145 “ I journeyed toward” and rest of Schuman quotes: Frederick L. Schuman, The Nazi Dictatorship: A Study in Social Pathology and the Politics of Fascism , viii–x.

146 “ pathological hatreds” and “ Fascism itself”: Ibid., 505.

146 “ Germany wants to become” and other Abel quotes: Abel notebooks, Theodore Abel Papers, box 13, Hoover.

147 “ For the Best Personal”: Theodore Abel, Why Hitler Came into Power , 3.

147 “ Heroism had become”: Ibid., 27.

148 Eighteen percent: Ibid., 44.

148 “ the spirit of Jewish materialism”: Ibid., 45.

148 “ From that time”: Ibid., 70.

148 “ Schuman concludes”: Ibid., 189.

148 He is male: Ibid., 6.

149 “ frankly state their”: Ibid., 8.

149 “ In presenting these facts”: Ibid., 9.

149 several American publishers rejected: Theodore Abel Papers, box 14, Hoover.

149 “ Adolf Hitler has become”: Manuscript of “Nazi Racialism” dated July 9, 1933, H. R. Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

149 “ Bloody Jews”: Manuscript of “Jews” dated July 26, 1933, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

150 “ the supreme boss”: Manuscript of “Nazi Senate” dated July 9, 1933, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

150 “ The latest Soviet method”: Manuscript of “Nazi Soviet” dated July 19, 1934, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

150 “ German nudists”: Manuscript of “Nude Culture” dated May 22, 1933, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

150 “ Europe is in uniform”: H. R. Knickerbocker, The Boiling Point: Will War Come in Europe?, ix.

151 “ the most talked about”: “U najgłośniejszego reportera świata,” Express Poranny , November 12, 1932, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

151 They pressured: Metcalfe, 1933 , 126.

151 DANZIG… Ten million lives: Knickerbocker, The Boiling Point , 1.

151 “ a tornado of”: Ibid., 4.

151 “ The Poles were”: Ibid., 5.

152 “ Its lesson”: Ibid., 7.

152 “ The odds are”: Ibid., 240.

152 “ It is the peace”: Ibid., 267.

153 “ It was impossible”: Sir Philip Gibbs, European Journey , 229–230.

153 “ He was the mesmerist”: Ibid., 232.

153 “ Most people in” and rest of exchange with American woman: Ibid., 235–236.

CHAPTER SEVEN: DANCING WITH NAZIS

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155 “a young secretary” and rest of account of Martha Dodd’s June 30 experience: Martha Dodd, Through Embassy Eyes , 141–146.

156 On that morning of June 30 and accounts of Schleicher and Strasser killings: Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich , 309.

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