Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (59 page)

108
“
Our orders from our bosses”:
Lochner,
Always the Unexpected
, 252.

108
“
The Nazis have turned loose”:
Plotkin, 194.

108
“
real radicals”
and rest of Messersmith analysis:
Stiller, 35–36.

109
“
I am a Jew”:
Metcalfe, 93.

109
Edward Dahlberg
and “
Four suits”:
Ibid., 93–94.

109
On March 31, the SA snatched
and Messersmith handling of journalists and subsequent report:
Stiller, 36.

109
He told Messersmith:
Ibid., 43.

109
“
in the hope that”:
Kaltenborn,
Fifty Fabulous Years
, 189.

110
“
a terrifying account”
and “
The Jews are”
and Tiergarten account:
Breitman, Stewart and Hochberg,
Advocate for the Doomed
, 28–29.

110
“
highly overwrought”:
Ibid., 30.

110
“
To him the leaders”:
Ibid., 45.

110
Separately, Knickerbocker:
Ibid., 32.

110
During the Jewish boycott:
Ibid., 33.

111
“
In each case”:
Ibid., 40.

111
“
No, there is”
and rest of McDonald-Goldman exchange along with account of Hitler meeting the same day:
Ibid., 47–48.

CHAPTER FIVE
: “
GET OUT, AND FAST
”

PAGE

113
Armstrong saw groups:
Hamilton Fish Armstrong,
Peace and Counterpeace
, 527.

113
British and American correspondents
and “
He could hardly”:
Ibid., 530.

114
“
were holding on to”
and “
a flash in the pan”
and rest of Armstrong encounters with Foreign Ministry officials:
Ibid., 530–531.

114
“
They had disappeared”
and “
It was staggering”:
Ibid., 531.

114
he went to meet Hjalmar Schacht
and rest of description of meeting with Schacht:
Ibid., 532–533.

115
Armstrong was startled
and “
Why, Putzi”
exchange:
Ibid., 534.

115
“
His general appearance”
and rest of observations and quotes from Armstrong’s interview with Hitler:
Ibid., 534–540.

117
A people has disappeared
and other quotes from opening of book:
Hamilton Fish Armstrong,
Hitler’s Reich: The First Phase
, 1–3.

118
“
Either he is”:
Ibid., 24.

118
“
having given the German spirit”:
Ibid., 65.

118
“
The first phase of”:
Ibid., 66.

119
“
I regard Berlin”
and other efforts to name a new ambassador to Germany:
Robert Dallek,
Democrat and Diplomat: The Life of William E. Dodd
, 187–188.

119
“
Peace Speech”:
Shirer,
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
, 291–292.

119
“
The speech was”
and rest of Lochner letter to Betty:
“Round Robins from Berlin: Louis P. Lochner’s Letters to His Children, 1932–1941,”
Wisconsin Magazine of History
, Summer 1967.

120
“
a democrat in the”
and “
separation of”:
William E. Dodd, Jr., and Martha Dodd, eds.,
Ambassador Dodd’s Diary
, xii and x.

120
“
I want to know”:
Ibid., 3.

120
“
an almost sentimental”:
Martha Dodd,
Through Embassy Eyes
, 12.

121
“
The German authorities”:
Dodd and Dodd, eds.,
Ambassador Dodd’s Diary
, 5.

121
“
exert all possible”:
Ibid., 9.

121
“
Let Hitler”:
Ibid., 11.

122
“
My wife, son and I”:
Ibid., 11.

122
On the voyage over:
Martha Dodd,
Through Embassy Eyes,
18.

122
The
Familienblatt and first meetings with journalists:
Dodd and Dodd, eds.,
Ambassador Dodd’s Diary
, 12–13; and Fromm, 120–121.

122
“
No group of”:
Lilian Mowrer, 286.

122
Sitting on wooden benches:
Philip Gibbs,
European Journey
, 237.

122
“
his back beaten to pulp”:
Edgar Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 218.

123
“
pushed past these bullies”
and Edgar’s visit to Jewish doctor:
Lilian Mowrer, 289.

123
A senior press official
and Mowrer’s appeals:
Ibid., 296–297.

123
“
to allow social and personal”:
Ibid., 298.

123
“
favors”
and visit to concentration camp:
Edgar Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 221–222.

124
“
were indeed badly beaten”:
“Round Robins from Berlin: Louis P. Lochner’s Letters to His Children, 1932–1941,”
Wisconsin Magazine of History
, Summer 1967.

124
“
You know, Herr Mowrer”
and rest of Mowrer-Nazi officer exchange:
Lilian Mowrer, 300–301.

125
“
If such intelligent”:
Edgar Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 225.

125
One of Mowrer’s sources:
Ibid., 218.

126
“
In this country where”:
Ibid., 221.

126
In July, Colonel Frank Knox:
Ibid., 224.

127
“
I felt at the end”:
Dodd and Dodd, eds.,
Ambassador Dodd’s Diary
, 24.

127
“
a blow to freedom”:
Edgar Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 224.

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
”

PAGE

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.