As far as I can see, I really was put out of Germany for th… - Dorothy Thompson

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As far as I can see, I really was put out of Germany for the crime of blasphemy. [...] My offense was to think that Hitler is just an ordinary man, after all. This is a crime against the reigning cult in Germany, which says that Mr. Hitler is a Messiah sent by God to save the German people — an old Jewish idea. To question this mystic mission is so heinous that, if you are German you can be sent to jail. I, fortunately, am an American, so I merely was sent to Paris. Worse things can happen to one.

Dorothy Thompson

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Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist.

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Alternative Names: Dorothy Celene Thompson • Thompson, Dorothy • D. Thompson

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