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...Calif., by proclaiming that the very thought of atomic weapons in German hands "terrifies me. Eighty per cent of West Germany's officials are ex-Nazis. They say none of them liked Hitler, but every day people go over to that now empty bunker [where der FÜhrer died] and stand . . ." Unnoted by Mrs. Roosevelt was the fact that Hitler's old bunker is behind the Communist wall in East Berlin...
...forbidden to give the prisoners cigarettes," explained one guard last week, "but whenever a new bunch comes on duty, they figure he's just a harmless old man, so they hand a few through the bars." Then, after his last puff, the onetime Deputy Führer summons a senior warder for a look at the verboten butts, "reveling in the knowledge that this means a few weeks' restriction for the man who gave him the smokes...
Hitler was an old acquaintance; Von Wiegand had known the Nazi long before the beer-hall days. In 1940, when he sought an audience with the Führer, Hitler deferred his drive toward Paris long enough to meet Von Wiegand near Brussels-a reunion that Von Wiegand recorded in his usual breathless style: "Hitler dashed up in a six-wheeled open car, sitting beside the chauffeur. There was a clicking of heels and an outstretching of arms in salute. Von Ribbentrop greeting him at the entrance. It is two years since my last talk with Hitler...
Control of Content. Historically, Germany was among the first television nations (a working set was demonstrated there in 1929), but the young industry got off on the wrong foot-Hitler's. As the first big-time TV executive, der Führer had thrice-weekly programs on the air by 1935, and public viewing rooms were set up throughout the nation, including sets with 180-in. screens. By 1938 home sets were ready for production. Hitler, foaming with estimates of the mass audiences he would reach, became the approximate father of viewer ratings. But with war needs, TV disappeared...
...there were so few viewers that the screen would often be filled by the hands of a clock, dipped in recorded music. A principle, however, was being established: the Germans were getting what they paid for. Nothing at all seemed vastly preferable to a new sort of Führer in sponsor's clothing. Slowly, the number of sets increased; more money from viewers became available. (Now, one out of three West German homes has a TV set, Germans are buying 25,000 more sets a week, and this year's programing budget is more than $100 million...