title: Roosevelt and Hitler: Prelude to War
author:  Robert Edwin Herzstein 
description: Documents the scope and success of pro-Nazi groups in the U.S. and their links to the Nazi government. Over 50 photographs of leading political figures, pro-German rallies in America and reproductions of shocking German propaganda posters published in the U.S. are also included. Offers a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a statesman and savvy politician who was more aggressively opposed to Hitler than previously thought.
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  FLOWERS FROM BERLIN
  
  
  Revised 2018 Text
  
  
  
  
  
  By Noel Hynd
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  © 2014, 2018 by Noel Hynd
  
  
  
  
  
  for  
  Jeremy's aunt  
  With love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We know of new methods of attack; the Trojan Horse, the Fifth. Column that
  betrays a nation unprepared for treachery. Spies, saboteurs and traitors are
  the actors in this new tragedy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  
  
  during fireside chat to the American people,
  
  
  
  
  
  May 26, 1940
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We Americans have always been blessed with great leaders at crucial times.
  Washington at our birth. Jefferson at our first age of crisis. Lincoln at the
  Civil War and Wilson for the first world war. And then Roosevelt. What if
  there had been no Roosevelt?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  John Gunther
  
  
  1950
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #  William T. Cochrane, Banker and Educator, Dies at 90
  
  
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  ######  By Abigail McFedries (Special to The New York Times)
  
  
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