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Hitlers rise to power, Germanys march to the abyss, as seen by Americansdiplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athleteswho watched horrified and up close. Some of the Americans in Hitlers Germany were merely casual observers, others deliberately blind, a few were Nazi apologists. But most began slowly to understand what was unfolding, even when they found it difficult to grasp the breadth of the catastrophe. Among the journalists, William Shirer understood what was happening. Edgar Mowrer, Dorothy Thompson,and Sigrid Schultz, reporters, were alarmed. Consul General George Messersmith distinguished. Truman Smith, the first American official to meet Hitler, was an astute political observer. Historian William Dodd, who FDR tapped as ambassador in Berlin, left disillusioned his daughter Martha scandalized the embassy with her procession of lovers, Nazis she took up with she ended as a Soviet spy.
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Andrew Nagorski served as Newsweek's bureau chief in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw and Berlin. He is the author of several books and has written for countless publications. Visit his website: www.andrewnagorski.com.