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… It seemed a good opportunity so I asked him [Putzi Hanfstaengl] why the Nazi Party were so bitterly opposed to the Jews. His answer was surprising.
“We do not interfere with Jews. You have been around Berlin? Yes? Well you would have seen plenty of Jews with big shops looking fat and happy. I tell you, if Hitler did not want any Jews in Berlin, it would be all over in twenty minutes including the burial service.” He then burst into laughter the way Germans so often do.
As I was taking my leave, three men came into Putzi’s room and I was introduced. They were Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg and a Major Schmidt. The latter spoke English with a strong American accent…
Eric Campbell, The Rallying Point, 1965
Rowland stopped in his tracks. Ahead of him was the parterre which ran down the
