American involvement in the war.
When Hitler rose to power two years later, Thompson became the first Western correspondent to be expelled from the Third Reich.
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In an article that Thompson wrote for Cosmopolitan magazine[...] she said that meeting him was unimpressive.
"He is inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, insecure," Thompson wrote. "He is the very prototype of the Little Man."
#DorothyThompson.
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"It's not the fact of #Liberty. But the way in which Liberty is expressed that ultimately determines whether Liberty itself survives".
#Trump, 3 yrs left. Finite. For #Europe it currently feels infinite.
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You may have heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social recommending an article on his show yesterday.
"Who Goes Nazi?" by renowned American journalist Dorothy Thompson, is a wonderful piece of writing. ⬇️
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#DorothyThompson on Hitler, and underestimating his type. John Kotlarski: “In 1931, American journalist Dorothy Thompson secured a rare interview with Adolf Hitler at Berlin’s Kaiserhof Hotel, during the rise of Germany’s Nazi Party. During the meeting she asked a pointed question: “When you come to power, will you abolish the constitution of the German Republic?” His answer was stark: “I will get into power legally. I will abolish this parliament and the Weimar constitution afterward. I will found an authority-state… everywhere there will be responsibility above, discipline and obedience below.” Thompson, who had been tracking the Nazi movement since the early 1920s, was deeply familiar with Hitler’s speeches, his book Mein Kampf, and the political networks around him. After the interview she reflected on how her first impression—“I was convinced that I was meeting the future dictator of Germany… in something like fifty seconds I was quite sure that I was not” —other sources quote her describing him as “inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, insecure—the very prototype of the Little Man.” Although she recognised Hitler’s propaganda skills and oratory, she underestimated the speed and scale of his rise: she later warned how easily democracies can be persuaded to surrender rights to a leader who channels people’s anxieties into hatred and promises greatness. After Hitler came to power in 1933 and began to suppress his opponents and persecute targeted groups, Thompson’s reporting became a clarion call. The Nazi regime eventually expelled her in August 1934 — she became the first American journalist banned from Nazi Germany. Back in the United States, she used her syndicated column and radio broadcasts to alert readers to the danger of fascism, at home and abroad. Source: Thompson, D. (1932). I Saw Hitler!. Farrar & Rinehart; Historical articles on Dorothy Thompson. #History #Journalism #AdolfHitler”
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..a rare interview with #AdolfHitler .. “When you come to power, will you abolish the constitution of the German Republic?” .. “I will get into power legally. I will abolish this parliament and the Weimar constitution afterward. I will found an authority-state..” (see alt-txts)
@paninid source is the 1941 essay by Dorothy Thompson, "Who Goes Nazi?"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Thompson
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👉 Vote 'em Out!
New Substack! The forgotten history of Dorothy Thompson, who fearlessly stared down Hitler in person, in columns, and in the press after she was kicked out of Germany. Total badass.
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Amazing essay by #dorothythompson Still hold true? Unfortunately, I believe so. harpers.org/archive/1941...
Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, wrote his now classic novel It Can't Happen Here inspired by his anti-fascist journalist wife Dorothy Thompson. Join us on Patreon to hear more: patreon.com/gaslit
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