“And yet, [Hitler] is not without a certain charm. But it is the soft, almost feminine charm of the Austrian! When he talks it is with a broad Austrian dialect.”

— Dorothy Thompson

Source: "I Saw Hitler" 1932, p. 14

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American journalist and radio broadcaster 1893–1961

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