Andrew Nagorski - Hitlerland

156 Henry Mann: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 131.

157 The primary targets and background on Hitler-Röhm tensions: Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1889–1936: Hubris , 500–517.

157 “ The SA and the SS”: Ibid., 502.

157 “ Only fools”: Ibid., 504.

157 The opulent living: Ibid., 503.

157 Breaking into Röhm’s room and rest of account of Bad Wiessee raid and announcement: Ibid., 512–517.

158 “ The former Chief of Staff”: Ibid., 516.

158 “ in full regalia” and rest of scene with Goering: Sigrid Schultz, ed., Overseas Press Club Cookbook , 149.

158 The body of Gustav von Kahr: Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich , 310.

159 “ There was general regret”: Fromm, 172.

159 “ I hope we may” and “ black with”: Martha Dodd, Through Embassy Eyes , 155.

159 At the Fourth of July party and “ Lebst du noch?”: Ibid., 157–158.

160 “ that the Germans”: Ibid., 162.

160 That same week and “ Poor Germany”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 119.

160 In his diary entry of July 8 and “ I can think of” and “ My task here”: Ibid., 122–123.

161 Back in 1925 and rest of early Shirer bio: http://www.traces.org/williamshirer.html, and from William L. Shirer, Berlin Diary , 3.

161 “ the worst job I’ve ever had”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 10.

161 “ The Paris that”: Ibid., 4.

161 “ And what a story!” and rest of June 30 diary entry: Ibid., 11.

161 “ One had almost”: Ibid., 12.

162 “ another young American”: William Shirer, The Traitor , 58–60.

162 “ Who can be”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 13.

162 “ unconditional obedience to”: Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich , 314.

162 “ The man is”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 13.

163 “ Nobody believes that”: Fromm, 174.

163 “ what would have been”: “Hitler Averted Massacre, Won Army’s Fealty” (name of newspaper missing from clipping), Aug. 4, 1934, Karl H. von Wiegand Collection, box 30, Hoover.

163 “ Hitler has attained”: “Hitler Challenges Foes to Plebiscite Call; Hopes to Show Masses Back Him,” New York American , Aug. 4, 1934, Wiegand Collection, box 30, Hoover.

163 “ Must brush up”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 13.

163 “ Herr So-and-So” and rest of August 25 diary entry: Ibid., 14.

164 “ for Röhm” and “ in Germany,” and account of Thompson’s trip from Austria to Germany, including stay in Berlin: Dorothy Thompson, “Good-by to Germany,” Harper’s , Dec. 1934.

167 “ In view of”: Sanders, Dorothy Thompson , 392.

167 “ The general feeling”: Kurth, American Cassandra , 202–203.

167 “ a little tearful”: Sanders, 198.

167 “ blasphemy” and “ My offense”: Kurth, 203.

168 “ Germany has gone”: Ibid., 204.

168 “ I miss”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 15.

168 Back in the United States: Richard Lingeman, Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street , 407.

168 “ My one ambition”: Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here , 68.

169 “ There is no excuse”: Lingeman, 409.

169 “ slick, debonair”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 41.

169 “ Hitlerland” and “Naziland”: Pierre J. Huss, The Foe We Face , vii and 6.

169 “ You had to work”: Ibid., ix.

169 “ alight” and rest of Huss account of meeting with Hitler in Obersalzberg: Ibid., 1–6.

171 “ Reporting from Germany”: Lochner, Always the Unexpected , 223.

171 In a letter to William Randolph Hearst: Karl H. von Wiegand Papers, box 14, Hoover.

171 On more than one occasion, Sigrid Schultz and rest of her account: David Brown and W. Richard Bruner, eds., How I Got That Story , 75–81.

172 “ Like a Roman Emperor” and rest of Nuremberg diary entries: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 16–23.

174 “ His followers” and rest of Lochner’s account: “Round Robins from Berlin,” Wisconsin Magazine of History , Summer 1967.

175 There was, I must admit: Richard Helms, A Look over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency , 23.

175 “ the city, the surroundings”: Ben Procter, William Randolph Hearst: Final Edition, 1911–1951 , 185.

176 “ a unanimous expression”: “Hearst Is Quoted as Hailing Nazi Vote,” New York Times , Aug. 23, 1934.

176 “ Why am I” and rest of Hearst-Hitler encounter: Procter, 186–187.

177 “ bragging about”: Fromm, 184.

177 “ Hitler is certainly”: Procter, 187.

177 “ Hitler needs a woman” and rest of Martha Dodd’s account of her meeting with Hitler: Martha Dodd, 63–65.

178 “ I ostentatiously kept”: Robert H. Lochner, Ein Berliner unter dem Sternenbanner: Erinnerungen eines amerikanischen Zeitzeugen , 12.

179 “ Ever afterwards”: From “What to Do if Your Moustache Falls Off,” unpublished manuscript of Angus Thuermer (courtesy of the author).

179 “ Once you look” and description of Goebbels reception: Louis Lochner, What About Germany? , 120–121.

179 “ extremely pleasant, handsome”: Martha Dodd, 49.

179 “ blond Aryan”: Ibid., 50.

179 “ most violent” and “ the tall boy”: Ibid., 42.

180 “ She just liked sleeping”: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, “Grand Illusions,” Vanity Fair , Sept. 1991.

180 “ at least twelve” and rest of Martha’s early account of Diels: Martha Dodd, 51–56, 134–139.

180 “ I was intrigued”: Ibid., 53.

180 “ a pathetic”: Ibid., 134.

180 “ Martha, you are” and “ I was extremely”: Ibid., 136.

180 He wanted: Dodd and Dodd, eds., 65; and Martha Dodd, 138.

181 “ a nervous state”: Martha Dodd, 54.

181 “ a frightened rabbit”: Ibid., 135.

181 He was a tall, blond and Vinogradov at Die Taverne: Shareen Blair Brysac, Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra , 155–156.

182 “ they had no future” along with Mildred Harnack biographical details: Ibid., 99.

182 “ It is said by”: Ibid., 113.

182 “ hopefulness and achievement”: Ibid., 119.

182 “ the scene of”: Ibid., 99.

182 “ amazed at”: Martha Dodd, 99.

182 On May 27, 1934: Brysac, 149.

183 “ He was isolated”: Martha Dodd, 84.

183 “ He is not happy”: Brysac, 150.

183 “ I had had enough” and rest of Martha Dodd’s account and quotes about Russia: Martha Dodd, 169–208.

184 “ for the last two weeks” and Wolfe’s arrival in Berlin: A. Scott Berg, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius , 270.

184 “ Tom, a huge man” and rest of Dodd’s account of Wolfe: Martha Dodd, 90–95.

184 “ I feel myself”: Berg, 271.