Messersmith, G.S.
Date
2011-06-15
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
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Tells of visit to Berlin of Albert Wiggin, Chairman of Board of Chase National Bank; he was in London and while there he was invited by Hitler to come to see him in Berlin; didn't think visit would serve useful purpose, but didn't oppose it; present at interview were Wiggin, Hitler, and two interpreters; to start conversation, Hitler's interpreter informed him Wiggin was an important banker with great knowledge of financial and economic conditions throughout the world; Hitler then started his usual tirade, first about the Treaty of Versailles and the treatment Germany had received from England, France, and U.S., then the Jews; this continued until Wiggin became annoyed; he asked his interpreter to tell Hitler he hadn't come to hear Hitler's views on the Jews; he thought he had come to talk about something else; he rose and the interview ended; gathered from Wiggin that if he had had any illusions about Hitler he no longer did.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.