Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity (29 page)

207
Thacker, p. 157.

208
Der Angriff
, 10 October 1933.

209
Herzstein, Robert Edwin,
The War that Hitler Won
, Putnam, 1978, p. 262.

210
Koonz, Claudia,
The Nazi Conscience
, Harvard University Press, 2003, p. 85.

211
Fröhlich, E., p. 286.

212
Ibid., p. 287.

213
Ibid., p. 288.

214
Hanfstaengl, Ernest,
Hitler: The Missing Years
, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957, p. 233.

215
Amberger, Cristoph writing in the German historical journal,
Einst & Jetzt
, 1991.

216
Riefenstahl, L., pp. 141–147. She dates this event to 13 October 1933, when Goebbels was actually in Geneva at the Disarmament Conference to announce Germany’s withdrawal from the League of Nations. Why she chose this date is puzzling, but incorrect dates are by no means unusual in celebrity memoirs. It is unlikely that this event could have happened anywhere around October, because she spends time at Goebbels’s home discussing the Horst Wessel controversy rather than being banished from his presence.

217
Dr Mabuse: The Gambler,
Lang, F., Uco-Film GmbH, 1922.

218
Kalat, David,
The Strange Case of Dr Mabuse: A Study of the Twelve Films and Five Novels
, McFarland & Co., 2005, pp. 34–35.

219
Ibid., p. 36.

220
Dr Mabuse: The Gambler
, 1922.

221
Kalat, pp. 34–35.

222
Elfriede Scholz Obituary, Osnabrück cultural website.

223
Wolfgang Preiss.

224
‘Marlene Dietrich: The Opponent’,
Hitler’s Women,
Matthias Unterburg, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

225
Ibid.

226
Ibid.

227
So wahr ich der liebe Gott bin
, Zeit online.

228
Ibid.

229
Ibid.

230
‘Zarah Leander: The Singer’,
Hitler’s Women
, Jörg Müllner & Ricarda Schlosshan, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

231
Curd Jürgens.

232
Max Ehrlich Association, online.

233
Ibid.

234
Unger, Aryeh L., ‘Propaganda and Welfare in Nazi Germany’,
Journal of Social History
Vol. 4, No. 2, 1970–1971, pp. 125–140.

235
Beevor, Antony,
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
, Penguin, 2005, p. 53. Antony James Beevor, FRSL (born 1946) is a British historian and author of several books on the subject of WWII, as well as several novels.

236
Ibid., pp. 82–84.

237
Ibid., pp. 106–107.

238
Ibid., p. 110.

239
Archive of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre Museum, K-Ch No. 2761, 16 March 1924.

240
Beevor, p. 116.

241
Knipper, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
Pora Galliutsinatsii, Spolokhi,
1995, p. 10; see also Beevor, pp. 126–127.

242
Archive of the Chekhov house-museum at Melikhovo, V. V. Knipper Fond, file 22; also Beevor, p. 127.

243
Rees, Laurence,
The Nazis: A Warning from History
, New York Press, 1997.

244
Ibid.

245
Ibid.

246
‘Ein ewig Rätsel bleiben will ich mir und anderen’, from a letter dated 27 April 1876 to actress Marie Dahn-Hausmann, published in
Die Propyläen
17, Munich, 9 July 1920.

247
Fest, Joachim C.,
Hitler
, trans. Winston, Richard & Clara, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974, pp. 662–663.

248
Thacker, Toby,
Joseph Goebbels: Life and Death
, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, p. 160.

249
Fröhlich, Elke (ed.),
Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels: Teil I, Aufzeichnungen 1923–1941
, Saur, 1998–2006, 14 volumes, Volume 3/I, p. 33.

250
Ibid., p. 50.

251
‘Leni Riefenstahl: The Film Director’,
Hitler’s Women
, Sebastian Dehnhardt & Friederike Dreykluft, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

252
Ibid.

253
Ibid.

254
Ibid.

255
Ibid.

256
Ibid.

257
Ibid.

258
Behrend, Auguste, ‘Meine Tochter Magda Goebbels’ (‘My Daughter Magda Goebbels’),
Schwäbische Illustrierte
, 26 April 1952.

259
Fröhlich, Elke (ed.),
Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels: Teil I, Aufzeichnungen 1923–1941
, Saur, 1998–2006, 14 volumes, Volume 3/I, p. 211.

260
Gun, Nerin E.,
Eva Braun
, Coronet Books, 1968, p. 165.

261
‘Eva Braun: The Mistress’,
Hitler’s Women
, Stefan Brauburger and Oliver Halmburger, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

262
Beevor, Antony,
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
, Penguin, 2005, p. 129.

263
Wolfgang Preiss.

264
Curd Jürgens.

265
Fest, Joachim C.,
Hitler
, trans. Winston, Richard & Clara, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974, pp. 659–660.

266
Heiber, Helmut (ed.),
Goebbels-Reden, Band I, 1932–1939,
Droste Verlag, 1971, p. 242.

267
Thacker, T., p. 170.

268
Ludwig, Hartmut, ‘Das Büro Pfarrer Grüber 1938–1940’, in
Büro Pfarrer Grüber Evangelische Hilfsstelle für ehemals Rasseverfolgte. Geschichte und Wiren heute
, Walter Sylten, Joachim-Dieter Schwäbl and Michael Kreitzer on behalf of the Evangelical Relief Centre for the Formerly Racially Persecuted, Berlin, 1988, pp. 1–23.

269
Richthofen, Felicitas Bothe-von,
Widerstand in Wilmersdrof
(
Memorial to the German Resistance
), Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, 1993, p. 140.

270
Russian State Archive for Literature and the Arts 2316/3/146, Moscow.

271
Fröhlich, Elke (ed.),
Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels: Teil I, Aufzeichnungen 1923–1941
, Saur, 1998–2006, 14 volumes, Volume 3, p. 294; see also 5 May 1939, Part I, Volume 6, p. 338.

272
Beevor, A., p. 149.

273
Berezhkov, Valentin,
Diplomatic Mission to Hitler
, Allard, 1972, p. 109.

274
Zalampas, Sherree Owens,
Adolf Hitler: A Psychological Interpretation of His Views on Architecture, Art, and Music
, Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1990, p. 48.

275
‘Leni Riefenstahl: The Film Director’,
Hitler’s Women
, Sebastian Dehnhardt & Friederike Dreykluft, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

276
Ibid.

277
Fröhlich, Elke (ed.),
Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels: Teil I, Aufzeichnungen 1923–1941
, Saur, 1998–2006, 14 volumes, Volume 3/II, p. 97.

278
‘Eva Braun: The Mistress’,
Hitler’s Women
, Stefan Brauburger and Oliver Halmburger, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

279
‘More about Evi’,
Time
, 18 December 1939.

280
Speer, Albert,
Inside the Third Reich
, Ishi Press International, 2009. p. 92.

281
‘Eva Braun’,
Hitler’s Women
.

282
Wilson, Frances, ‘The Eva Braun Story: Behind Every Evil Man’,
The Independent
, 2 March 2006.

283
‘Hitler’s Private World’,
Revealed
, Channel Five, 2006.

284
Ibid.

285
Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone,
The Inner Circle
, Macmillan, 1959, p. 97.

286
Rees, Laurence,
The Nazis: A Warning From History
, New York Press, 1997.

287
Interview with Zeissler; Shofar FTP Archive File online.

288
Vanderbilt Jr, Cornelius,
Der Führer and the Brothers Marx
. This would be Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, one of the Vanderbilt dynasty which is reported as being the seventh wealthiest family in history. Cornelius Jr disappointed his parents by choosing to become a newspaperman and launching several newspapers in the early 1920s including the
Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, the San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald and the Miami Tab
, but his publishing company, Vanderbilt Inc., ceased operations after only two and a half years with losses amounting to nearly $6 million. He travelled as a roving reporter for
Photoplay
, the American film fan magazine, and found himself in Germany during the 1930s. After WWII he went to work as an
assistant managing editor of the
New York Daily Mirror
, and wrote
numerous
books including his memoirs,
Farewell to Fifth Avenue
, and a biography of his mother, Grace Graham Wilson, titled
Queen of the Golden Age
. He was a strong supporter of the newly created state of Israel.

289
‘Hitler’s Private World’,
Revealed
.

290
Reimann, Viktor,
The Man Who Created Hitler
, Doubleday, 1976, p. 229.

291
Conradi, Peter, ‘Goebbels’s Mistress Tells Tales from the Grave’,
The Times
, 31 October 2000.

292
Fröhlich, E., p. 180.

293
Potterton, Louise, ‘Goebbels’s Screen Goddess Dies Unforgiven’,
The Times
, 31 October 2000.

294
Conradi, Peter,
The Times
.

295
Potterton, Louise,
The Times
.

296
Knipper, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
Pora Galliutsinatsii Spolokhi
, Moscow, 1995, p. 47; see also Beevor, Antony,
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
, Penguin, 2005, pp. 129–130.

297
Beevor, p. 130.

298
Beevor, p. 138.

299
Ada Konstantinovna Chekhova to Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova, Brussels, 17 November 1937, Archive of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre Museum, K-Ch No. 2578; see also Beevor, p. 139.

300
Fröhlich, E., p. 93.

301
Beevor, p. 150.

302
‘Marlene Dietrich: The Opponent’,
Hitler’s Women
, Matthias Unterburg, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

303
Ibid.

304
Ibid.

305
Ibid.

306
‘Zarah Leander: The Singer’,
Hitler’s Women
, Jörg Müllner & Ricarda Schlosshan, ZDF Enterprises, the History Channel, SBS, 2001.

307
Henriksson, Karin, SvD KULTUR, online.

308
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

309
Ibid.

310
Ibid.

311
Wolfgang Preiss.

312
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

313
Ibid.

314
Wolfgang Preiss.

315
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

316
Junge, Traudl,
Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Last Secretary
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003, p. 92.

317
Wolfgang Preiss; also ‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

318
Henriksson, Karin, SvD KULTUR, online.

319
Boyes, Roger, ‘Russia’s Spying Stars Unmasked’,
The Times
, 11 July 2003.

320
Wolfgang Preiss.

321
Ibid.

322
Ibid.

323
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

324
Wolfgang Preiss.

325
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

326
Wolfgang Preiss.

327
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

328
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

329
Archival evidence that Leander was recruited by Soviet intelligence was uncovered by Russian writer Arkadii Vaksberg; see also Roger Boyes, ‘Russia’s Spying Stars Unmasked’,
The Times
, 11 July 2003.

330
Boyes, R.,
The Times
, 11 July 2003. In 1996, shortly before he died, Pavel Sudoplatov made a startling confession to the effect that Leander was recruited before the war and given the codename Rose-Marie; see also Henriksson, SvD KULTUR, online.

331
‘Zarah Leander’,
Hitler’s Women
.

332
Görtz, Franz J. & Sarkowicz, Hans,
Heinz Rühmann 1902–1994: Der Schauspieler und sein Jahrhundert
, Beck, 2001, p. 193.