Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. Despatch No. 1747 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington.
Date
1933-11-17
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
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Comments on campaign against middle class bigotry; constant references in speeches and press to "New" German, Nordic, Aryan, brave, hardy and honest; German women to be model mothers and use no tobacco or cosmetics; Hitler has set pace in effusive declarations, but when called to his attention by Italian Ambassador that such declarations were subjecting Nazis to ridicule by the whole world, Hitler had [Ernst] Roehm, chief of staff of S.A. make statement that National Socialists were not apostles of morality and that it was not responsibility of S.A. to watch over the morals of German people; movement not entirely stopped however; leader of National Socialist women's organizations said true German woman of the new order would look to her own morals and decorum.
Keywords
Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.