Word: brita
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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Teutonic Tower. In a by-line story distributed by North American Newspaper Alliance, Brita gave a chatty, uninhibited view of the electronic Tower of Babel which pumps Nazi propaganda all over the world...
After Hamburg was flattened by bombs, the organization was scattered from Berlin to all parts of the Reich. The broadcasters themselves are a motley crew of traitors and adventurers; many (including Lord Haw Haw) suffer from maudlin homesickness. Their pay, on the whole, is not high; Brita seldom hit $400 a month, even with overtime and extra broadcasts...
Nordic Charm. The job did give a girl a chance to meet prominent people. Of her first introduction to Adolf Hitler, Brita confided: "Many good-looking girls were present [at a fashionable wedding] but the Fuhrer made straight for me, probably because I happened to be the tallest, blondest and most 'Aryan' of the collection...
...many meetings after that, Hitler never attempted more than a "discreet squeeze of the hand." Brita doubted that he ever attempted more with any woman...
German Fear. Of the German people, Brita confirmed the impression brought out by many untainted neutrals: gloom, apathy, disillusion, but above all, desperate fear of what will happen if they lose the war. Her guess: The Germans will fight to the finish...