In the Garden of Beasts (54 page)

18
“like a mass of inanimate clay”: Gallo, 25–26.

19
“They ordered me to take off my pants”: Rürup, 92.

20
“The value of the SA”: Metcalfe, 133.

21
“the golden death of the Tiergarten”: Martha to Thornton Wilder, Nov. 10, 1934, Wilder Papers.

22
a “most indiscreet” young lady: Quoted in Wilbur Carr, Memorandum, June 5, 1933, Box 12, Carr Papers.

23
“he was constantly facing the muzzle of a gun”: Dodd,
Embassy Eyes
, 56.

24
“There began to appear before my romantic eyes”: Ibid., 53.

Chapter 14: The Death of Boris

1
“He had an unusual mouth”: Agnes Knickerbocker, in miscellaneous notes, Box 13, Folder 22, Martha Dodd Papers.

2
In a later unpublished account: Martha left a rich typescript account of her relationship with Boris that includes passages of dialogue and myriad observational details, such as who laughed at what remark, who frowned, and so forth. “Bright Journey into Darkness,” Box 14, Martha Dodd Papers.

3
“nigger-Jew jazz”: Kater, 15.

4
“seemed totally unintimidated”: Quoted in “Bright Journey into Darkness,” Box 14, Martha Dodd Papers.

5
“made some ceremony”: Agnes Knickerbocker, in miscellaneous notes, Box 13, Folder 22, Martha Dodd Papers.

Chapter 15: The “Jewish Problem”

1
It began amiably enough: My account of Dodd’s meeting with Neurath is derived from Dodd’s
Diary
, pages 35–37, and from his seven-page Memorandum, Sept. 14, 1933, Box 59, W. E. Dodd Papers.

2
“No doubt can be entertained”: Leon Dominian to Hull and to Berlin Embassy, Sept. 15, 1933, 862.113/49 GC, State/Decimal.

3
On one notorious occasion: Messersmith to Hull, July 29, 1933, Messersmith Papers.

Chapter 16: A Secret Request

1
“this disagreeable and difficult business”: Dodd to Samuel F. Bemis, Aug. 7, 1933, Box 40, W. E. Dodd Papers.

2
“Herewith I am informing you”: Alfred Panofsky to Dodd, Sept. 18, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

3
Dodd’s first draft: For first and final drafts, see Dodd to Alfred Panofsky, Sept. 20, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

4
“There was too much noise”: Memorandum, n.d. (c. 1935), Box 47, W. E. Dodd Papers.

5
“happy mix of courage”: Klemperer,
Language
, 32, 43, 48, 60.

6
Another attack occurred against an American: Dodd,
Diary
, 44; Messersmith to William Phillips, Oct. 19, 1933, Messersmith Papers.

7
The Ministry of Posts: Miller, 53.

8
“There has been nothing in social history”: Messersmith to William Phillips, Sept. 29, 1933, Messersmith Papers.

9
“forcible intervention from the outside”: Ibid.

10
“There is nothing here”: Dodd to Edward M. House, Oct. 31, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

11
“It defeats my history work”: Dodd to Jane Addams, Oct. 16, 1933, Box 40, W. E. Dodd Papers.

12
“Please do not refer to others”: Dodd to Hull, Oct. 4, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers; Hull to Dodd, Oct. 16, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

Chapter 17: Lucifer’s Run

1
“harshness and callousness”: Diels, 328–31; also, Crankshaw, 51–61.

2
“From his retreat in Bohemia”: Quoted in Crankshaw, 56.

3
“very much the German Frau”: Brysac, 200.

4
“She was slow to speak”: Unpublished Memoir, p. 9 (marked as p. 8), Box 13, Martha Dodd Papers.

5
While abroad he was recruited: Dallin, 236.

6
Arvid had “gone Nazi”: Brysac, x.

7
“dove tans, soft blues”: Ibid., 111.

8
“to build up a little colony”: Martha to Thornton Wilder, Sept. 25, 1933, Wilder Papers.

9
“Martha, you know that I love you”: Mildred Fish Harnack to Martha, May 4 (probably 1934), Box 5, Martha Dodd Papers.

10
“I prized these post-cards”: Unpublished Memoir, p. 4 (marked as p. 3), Box 13, Martha Dodd Papers.

11
“the kind of person”: Martha to Thornton Wilder, Dec. 14, 1933, Wilder Papers.

12
“And there I sit on the sofa”: Quoted in Brysac, 419.

13
“the astonishment”: Ibid., 146.

14
“the capital’s jeunesse dorée”: Ibid., 154.

Chapter 18: Warning from a Friend

1
“to hear amusing conversation”: Dodd,
Embassy Eyes
, 86.

2
her birthday party: In her memoir, Martha makes reference to parties on pages 43–45 and 65–66. They appear to be the same party. The late Philip Metcalfe, in his book
1933
, likewise links these references and states with certainty that they apply to her birthday party. He had the benefit of having corresponded with Martha Dodd well before her death in 1990. Metcalfe, 195–96.

3
“young, heel-clicking, courteous”: Dodd,
Embassy Eyes
, 44.

4
“That is not the sort of music”: Ibid., 67. The “Horst Wessel Song” was indeed a point of sensitivity for hard-core Nazis. One bandleader who dared to lead a jazz rendition of the song was compelled to flee Germany. Kater, 23.

5
“to continue to persuade”: Dodd to Leo Wormser, Sept. 26, 1933, Box 43, W. E. Dodd Papers.

6
“It was because I had seen so much injustice”: Dodd to Jane Addams, Oct. 16, 1933, Box 40, W. E. Dodd Papers.

7
“the President told me”: Dodd to William Phillips, Oct. 14, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

8
“In times of great stress”: For the text of Dodd’s speech, see enclosure in Dodd to Roosevelt, Oct. 13, 1933, Roosevelt Correspondence.

9
Schacht “applauded extravagantly”: Ibid.

10
“When the thing was over”: Dodd to Hull, Oct. 19, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

11
“Silent, but anxious Germany”: Ibid.

12
“I enjoyed all these nicely disguised hints”: Fromm, 132.

13
“The situation is very difficult”: Metcalfe, 164–65.

14
“My interpretation of this”: Dodd to Roosevelt, Oct. 14, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers. (Note: A handwritten version of this letter in Roosevelt’s correspondence bears the date Oct. 13, 1933. It seems clear that the typed version, dated Oct. 14, is the final and correctly dated copy.)

15
“to constitute a serious affront”: Dodd to Hull, Oct. 13, 1933, 362.1113/13, State/Decimal.

16
“as a sort of rebuke for my speech”: Dodd,
Diary
, 47.

17
“that some embarrassing interpretations”: Dodd to Roosevelt, Oct. 14, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

18
“in the hope that you”: Dodd to Phillips, Oct. 14, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

19
“the schoolmaster lecturing his pupils”: Moffat, Diary, Oct. 12, 1933.

20
“that I was in doubt whether any words”: William Phillips to Dodd, Nov. 27, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

21
“It was delightful to hear the President”: Edward M. House to Dodd, Oct. 21, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

22
“It was not the address of a thinker”: Dodd,
Diary
, 48.

23
“That the allies at this time”: Shirer,
Rise
, 211.

Chapter 19: Matchmaker

1
There had been talk of numerous liaisons: For details on Hitler’s love life, see Kershaw,
Hubris
, 284–85, 351–55.

2
his “clammy possessiveness”: Ibid., 354.

3
“Believe me,” she said: Ibid., 187.

4
“Hitler needs a woman”: Conradi, 121.

PART IV: HOW THE SKELETON ACHES

Chapter 20: The Führer’s Kiss

1
“neat and erect”: Dodd,
Diary
, 49.

2
“Chauffeureska”: Kershaw,
Hubris
, 485.

3
King Kong
was a favorite: Ibid., 485.

4
“Hitler looked like a suburban hairdresser”: Hanfstaengl, 22.

5
First Dodd raised the subject: Dodd,
Diary
, 49.

6
“Perhaps I was too frank”: Dodd to Roosevelt, Oct. 28, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

7
“The total effect of the interview”: Dodd to Hull, Oct. 17, 1933, 362.1113/19 GC, State/Decimal.

8
“The Chancellor’s assurances”: Messersmith to William Phillips, Oct. 19, 1933 (pp. 12–13), Messersmith Papers.

9
“appointed to change the history of Europe”: Dodd,
Embassy Eyes
, 63–65.

10
“that Hitler was not an unattractive man”: Ibid., 65.

11
“I was a little angry”: Ibid., 65.

12
“By promoting me”: Diels to Himmler, Oct. 10, 1933, vol. 11, p. 142,
Archives of the Holocaust
.

Chapter 21: The Trouble with George

1
“For the first time, therefore”: Henry P. Leverich, “The Prussian Ministry of Justice Presents a Draft for a New German Penal Code,” Dec. 21, 1933, GRC 862.0441/5, State/Decimal.

2
“to permit killing incurables”: Dodd, Memorandum, Oct. 26, 1933, 862.0441/3, State/Decimal.

3
“could remember neither the name”: Enclosed with Dodd to Hull, Nov. 13, 1933, GRC 362.1113 Kaltenborn, H.V./5, State Decimal.

4
“Wealthy staff people”: Dodd to Hull, Oct. 19, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

5
“It would seem that in view”: D. A. Salmon to William Phillips, Nov. 1, 1933, enclosed in Phillips to Dodd, Nov. 4, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

6
“the extravagance in the telegraphic business”: William Phillips to Dodd, Nov. 4, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

7
“Do not think that Mr. Salmon’s comparison”: Dodd to William Phillips, Nov. 17, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

8
“another curious hangover”: Dodd to Hull, Sept. 6, 1933, Box 41, W. E. Dodd Papers.

9
“His office is important”: Ibid.

10
He had fallen, apparently: Stiller, 40.

11
“They seem to believe”: Messersmith to William Phillips, Oct. 28, 1933 (pp. 6, 9–10), Messersmith Papers.

12
“Rosenberg administration”: Breitman and Kraut, 225.

13
“has many sources of information”: Dodd to William Phillips, Nov. 15, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

14
“I must add that he has been”: Ibid.

15
“without the slightest injury”: Dodd to William Phillips, Nov. 17, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

16
“It occurs to me,” Dodd told Phillips: Dodd to William Phillips, Nov. 15, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

17
“The letters and dispatches”: William Phillips to Dodd, Nov. 27, 1933, Box 42, W. E. Dodd Papers.

18
On Sunday, Oct. 29: Dodd,
Diary
, 53.