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As senior correspondent for Reuters in Munich from 1936-1941, American Ernest Pope observed the tough and outrageous habit of Nazis of their local habitat. In Munich they ran wild, enable their hair down, and indulged in each delusion funds and tool may perhaps avail them. Pope has all of the gossip...and the proven tales. "I have obvious the best actors within the Nazi tragedy, enjoying their elements at the Bavarian level. lengthy ahead of the climax-the outbreak of the war-I knew what the denouement in Hitler's theatre might be." Pope knew, observed or interviewed the entire most sensible Nazis and dozens of lower-level officers, together with a few of Hitler's defense. He observed the Nazis for what they have been: a corrupt, debauched, all-too-human risk. as soon as again within the united states, Pope set free his frustration and ire at what he'd seen-but could not write approximately whilst he was once reporting from Germany. With nice humour and fast moving prose, he writes of encounters with Hitler, Hess, Streicher, and plenty of extra. Pope turns his savage wit and erudition on his former hosts. Fluent in Bavarian German dialect, Pope made many neighbors in Munich with electorate and officers alike. He heard jokes from Munichers which may get them thrown in a focus camp and he poked enjoyable at Nazis at any time when he dared.

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