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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Germans believed this, Psychologist Hitler had laid the haunting ghost of the Fatherland-the fear of millions that another War would throw Germany back into the misery and semi-starvation of 1918. In Nürnberg, the Sudeten Germans' "Little Führer" Konrad Henlein suddenly arrived to confer with the Big Führer, went to bed with a very bad cold. Envoys of the Great Powers were received at tea by strict Teetotaler Hitler, and British Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson was tantalized by not being able to talk to the Dictator before so many people about anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Nurnberg | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...Queen Alexandra when they came to "take the waters." Down from its wall came a portrait of bewhiskered Kaiser Franz Josef and up went a photograph of smooth-face Führer Henlein. The new occupant of the Suite was Sudeten Nazi Leader Konrad Henlein who went there to confer with representative of Britain's mediator, Viscount Runciman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Hint to Hitler | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

...soon evident that the political pot was boiling. After a two-hour conference Lord Runciman's chief aide, Mr. Frank Trelawny Arthur Ashton-Gwatkin flew to London to confer with Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax. He was sa: to have reported: 1) that Führer Henlin was virtually a "straw man," repeatedly refusing to commit himself and saying he must first consult Berlin; 2) that unless Britain again issued a firm warning to Germany, Lord Runciman might not be able to keep the situation in hand. In Central Europe, chancelleries buzzed with a story that German Field Marshall Hermann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Hint to Hitler | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

...Groups in many countries have asked to furnish and equip different rooms. Certain rooms will be set aside where businessmen, labor leaders, members of Parliament and other national leaders can confer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Social Note | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten German Führer, sent only subordinates to confer with the Viscount. The consideration with which he treated them was considered spectacular. Lord Runciman's program included 20-minute formal calls on President Eduard Benes and Premier Milan Hodza; two lengthy conferences with henchmen of Henlein, the second lasting until 2 a. m.; next day lunch with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Pax Runciman | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

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