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Windsor, whose family name at his birth was Saxe-Coburg mid Gotha, spoke German like a native with Dr. Ley who promptly drove Germany's guests to the Kaiserhof Hotel, generally considered Berlin's No. i Nazi rendezvous. There Dr. Ley presented a huge box of chocolates with card addressed to "Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Windsor"-although the Duchess has not yet been raised by His Britannic Majesty to the rank of Royal Highness...
...Putting away his Fascist brown shirt and barring Fascist uniforms from his entourage, Chancellor Hitler transferred routine management of his Party to a newly created General Secretary, Captain Otto Wagener, 44, once of the Imperial General Staff, who was installed last week at Berlin's Kaiserhof Hotel in rooms adjoining the Chancellor...
Next evening the letter (seven and one-half typed pages) was carried 200 yards from the Kaiserhof Hotel to the Presidential Palace. It proposed-having regard to the fact that all German Cabinets for the past two years have been based not on Reichstag support but on presidential decrees-that the President consent to formation of a Hitler Cabinet on the existing basis of "presidial" (presidential ) authority. Banker Schacht, knowing full well that Old Paul would reject this proposal (as the President proceeded to do), came out first with a fighting statement: "There is only...
...chauffeur, knowing that Herr Hitler only wanted to ride to the Kaiserhof Hotel 200 yards away, threatened the crowd by racing his engine in neutral, produced an impressive 180 h. p. roar. Gingerly, while police struggled with the cheering crowd, the chauffeur let his clutch part way in. pressed the Mercedes' muzzle against the good-humored crowd which very gradually gave way. The car managed to cover the 200 yards in 15 minutes...
Inside the Kaiserhof, Leader Hitler tried to ignore the yells of a crowd which grew larger every minute. The police telephoned a request. They could not restore order, they said, unless Herr Hitler would show himself. He refused to come out. Again the police telephoned. Finally, amid plaudits worthy of an emperor, the Nazi Chief appeared on a balcony, saluted in Fascist fashion, turned smartly about and marched indoors. The crowds, satisfied after their brief glimpse of Adolf Hitler's brown Charlie Chaplin mustache, dispersed cheering...