Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (57 page)

43
“
My God”
and Hanfstaengl’s actions and “
The last place”:
Hanfstaengl, 105–106.

44
“
one of his theoretical passions”:
Ibid., 50–51.

44
“
a neuter”:
Niemeyer interviewed by Toland.

44
“
To my utter amazement”
and rest of account of Hitler’s arrival through doctor’s explanation of how they got to the Hanfstaengl house:
Niemeyer “Notes.”

45
The next morning
and events then in Hanfstaengl’s house:
Toland, 183–184.

45
“
Now all is lost”
and rest of Helen’s account of Hitler when facing arrest, along with scene with gun:
Niemeyer “Notes” and Niemeyer interviewed by Toland.

46
“
What are the bad”:
Niemeyer “Notes.”

47
“
a cultural riot”
and “
the leaders of”
and other Mowrer descriptions:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 194–197.

47
“
In Berlin ice”
and other Lilian quotes about initial impressions:
Lilian Mowrer,
Journalist’s Wife
, 180–183.

47
“
but something in”
and other comments on appeal:
Ibid., 190.

48
“
the most vital”:
Ibid., 201.

48
“
Nowhere in the world”:
Ibid., 205–206.

48
“
They were so wonderfully”:
Ibid., 190–191.

48
“
a full-fledged”
and Lilian’s other comments about women:
Ibid., 192.

48
“
It was the greatest”
and other film observations:
Ibid., 213–214.

49
“
Quit bothering”:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, 199.

49
“
I was becoming”:
Lilian Mowrer, 191.

49
“
All in all”:
Matthews,
Alanson B. Houghton, Ambassador of the New Era
, 75–76.

49
“
to save what is”:
Ibid., 77.

49
“
I feel as if”:
Ibid., 87.

50
“
just claims”:
Manfred Jonas,
The United States and Germany: A Diplomatic History
, 172.

50
“
The United States is”:
Ibid., 181.

50
“
The Americanization”:
Wiegand Papers, box 27, Hoover.

51
“
By the early twenties”
and “
that complex of factors”
:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, 187, 189.

51
“
It’s madness”
and “
an intensity”
and details of Baker’s stay, including gifts:
Jean-Claude Baker and Chris Chase,
Josephine: The Hungry Heart
, 124–129.

52
“
The period immediately”:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer,
Germany Puts the Clock Back
, 153.

52
“
sexual perversions”:
Ibid., 155.

52
“
These were elegant”:
Hecht, 256.

52
“
The air we breathed”:
Franz Schulze,
Philip Johnson: Life and Work
, 412.

52
“
I think if it”
and “
The Americans”:
Ibid., 53–54.

53
“
Treason to the Republic”:
Lilian Mowrer, 186.

53
“
had the same goal”:
William Shirer,
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
, 115.

53
“
You may pronounce”:
Ibid., 118.

54
“
He spoke with”
and rest of Mowrer report:
Lilian Mowrer, 186.

54
“
While the putsch”
and “
vanished into oblivion”:
Murphy,
Diplomat Among Warriors
, 40.

55
“
even as a side issue”
and “
as far as”:
Hamilton Fish Armstrong,
Peace and Counter-peace: From Wilson to Hitler
, 309–310.

55
“
Hemingway by the way”:
Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

55
Knickerbocker, who would:
Richard Lingeman,
Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street
, 313.

55
some accounts claim:
Peter Kurth,
American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson
, 487.

56
“
Do come on up”
and rest of Lilian Mowrer’s account:
Lilian Mowrer, 221.

56
“
International relations”:
Victoria de Grazia,
Irresistible Empire: America’s Advance Through Twentieth-Century Europe
, 75.

56
“
These were the brilliant”:
Kurth, 93.

57
“
an authentic record”
and “
The Graf Zeppelin is more than”:
Wiegand Papers, box 30, Hoover.

57
“
You have indeed cared”
and other correspondence:
Wiegand Papers, box 8, Hoover.

57
“
brilliant British woman”
and “
internationally-known”:
New York American
, Sept. 1, 1929; and Wiegand Papers, box 30, Hoover.

58
“
full of promise”:
Kurth, 92.

58
“
Though externals”:
Lilian Mowrer, 247.

58
“
Where but”:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 160.

58
“
They all had”
and “
These Germans”:
Lilian Mowrer, 254.

58
“
loose emotional fervor”
and subsequent Lilian Mowrer quotes:
Ibid., 255.

59
“
If one wants”:
Kurth, 93.

59
“
like a death’s head”
and “
If only I could”:
Lilian Mowrer, 225.

59
“
Do you think”:
Ibid., 224.

59
“
The strange bit of history”:
Hecht, 296–297.

60
“
In him all morality”:
Ibid., 298.

60
“
I know who caused”:
Max Wallace,
The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich
, 20.

60
“
I regard Henry Ford”
and description of Annetta Antona interview with Hitler:
Ibid., 1–2.

60
“
Mr. Ford’s genius”:
Prince Louis Ferdinand,
The Rebel Prince: Memoirs of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
, 241.

61
“
a prosperous, energetic”:
Wiegand Papers, box 8, Hoover.

61
“
a high proportion of”
and “
One could sense”:
Wilson,
A Diplomat Between Wars,
115.

61
“
Look out”
and Bouton’s account of encounter with Sinclair Lewis:
S. Miles Bouton Papers, box 4, Hoover.

62
In 1925, Jacob Gould Schurman
and his building fund for Heidelberg University:
Maynard Moser,
Jacob Gould Schurman: Scholar, Political Activist, and Ambassador of Good Will, 1892–1942
, 156–158.

62
“
the will to war”:
Ibid., 169.

62
“
The Republic”:
Ibid., 170.

63
“
itch to pour”:
Ibid., 191.

63
“
You see we”
and rest of Mowrer-Friday exchange:
Lilian Mowrer, 236.

63
“
an orgy of spending”
and “
the stunning new”
and “
the entire rolling stock”:
Ibid., 239.

63
Schurman received a warning
:
Moser, 204.

63
“
Hey, this thing’s a fake
”:
Robert C. Perez and Edward F. Willett,
The Will to Win: A Biography of Ferdinand Eberstadt
, 44.

64
$300 million in new American loans:
Moser, 206.

CHAPTER THREE: WHALE OR MINNOW?

PAGE

65
“
I’m going to have to start”:
Bella Fromm,
Blood and Banquets: A Berlin Social Diary
, 18; Fromm biographical details, ibid., 3–6.

65
“
Let’s have”:
Ibid., 19.

66
diary entry of July 16
and all quotes:
Ibid., 20.

66
“
a gentle-looking man”
and “
an attractive woman”:
Ibid., 24.

66
“
Even the international”
and “
I like Berlin”:
Ibid., 28.

67
“
Fortunately for us”
and other Knickerbocker quotes:
“Covering Berlin,”
Public Ledger
, April 21, 1930, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

67
the party boasted 108,000:
Frederick L. Schuman,
The Nazi Dictatorship: A Study in Social Pathology and the Politics of Fascism
, 72.

68
“
Now he is again”
and all other quotes from Wiegand’s session with Hitler:
Wiegand Papers, box 30, Hoover.

69
“
The German people”:
Mowrer,
Germany Puts the Clock Back
, 198.

70
“
So had a majority”
and “
flocked to the Nazis”:
Charles W. Thayer,
The Unquiet Germans
, 12–13.

70
“
The most remarkable”:
Mowrer,
Germany Puts the Clock Back
, 22.

70
“
with the raucous voice”
and rest of incident on train:
Lilian Mowrer, 234.

71
“
The seats swarmed”
and rest of Enid Keyes’s account from her letter:
American Girl, German Wife: The Letters of Enid Keyes Mehnert, 1931–1935
, Enid Keyes Mehnert Papers, Vol. 1, Hoover.

72
“
Dad, what do you think”
and rest of exchange between Arthur and his father, along with “
chariot bumping”:
Mowrer,
Germany Puts the Clock Back
, 120–121.

73
“
I never saw”
and rest of quotes from December 27, 1931, letter:
Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

73
“
We are for”
and rest of exchange with streetwalkers:
Mowrer,
Triumph and Turmoil
, 210–211.

73
“
too hot to publish”:
Ibid., 211.

73
“
I can’t ever walk”
and other Mehnert quotes:
Mehnert Papers, Hoover.

74
“
You see defiance”
and “
This country has”:
Morrison letter, Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

75
“
Hitler is a homo-sexual”
and rest of letter to Winner:
Knickerbocker Papers, Columbia.

77
Abraham Plotkin was
and other information about his background and trip:
Plotkin,
An American in Hitler’s Berlin: Abraham Plotkin’s Diary, 1932–33
, Introduction, xii–xl.

77
“
hide their poverty very well”
and “
from their appearances”:
Ibid., 6.

77
“
You Americans”:
Ibid., 62.