Book spotlights 300 letters written to Adolf Hitler

[struggle4progress]

The letters give a unique glimpse into the minds of Germans during the Nazi era
By The Associated Press

... While some individual letters have been previously published -- like one from World War I hero Gen. Erich Ludendorff complaining of diminishing freedoms under the Nazis -- the vast majority have never been seen by the public ...

Some letters, albeit a minority, expressed shock at the annexation of Austria ...

"So I decided ... to ask you: Please erase the dishonorable, Jewish heritage of my wife, which is not her own fault ... (by doing so) my wife's and my offspring will become your loyal and enthusiastic followers who will bless you for all your life." ...

There were protests early on from abroad about Nazi policies ... "The high point of the protests was 1934, but then I think most people realized it made no sense to protest." ...

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=176671

[msongs]

1. any from old man prescott bush? nt

[Hieronymus]

2. That's what I thought of right away, or any of the other right wingers

who supported Hitler and wanted to emulate him.

[surfermaw]

4. He may not have succeeded but his grand son is trying

mighty hard I would say

[Larynx Oblation]

5. Dear Prescott

How have you been? I would like to thank you for your financial support and the many shipments of weapons and machinery you have provided for the Reich.
I hope your children, and your grandchildren, will grow up to be good Nazi's. That would be so wunderbar!

Love & Goose Steps,
Adolf

[Ian David]

3. German women successfully protested to gain the release of their Jewish husbands from jail.

Some protests, even in Nazi Germany, did work.

They released the prisoners, figuring they'd always have time to round them up again later.