Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (60 page)

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

PAGE

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.

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).