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Heidelberg, Germany: That night at the Inn, I noticed that a lint-haired young man at the next table was fixing me with an icy gleam. He suddenly rose with a stumble, came over, and said: "So? Ein Engländer? " with a sardonic smile. "Wunderbar! " Then his face changed to a mask of hate. Why had we stolen Germany's colonies? Why shouldn't Germany have a fleet and a proper army? Did I think Germany was going to take orders from a country run by the Jews? A catalogue of accusation followed, not very loud, but clearly and intensely articulated. His face, which was almost touching mine, raked me with long blasts of schnapps-breath. "Adolf Hitler will change all that," he ended. "Perhaps you've heard the name?"
-MEMOIR OF A BRITISH TRAVELER, DECEMBER 1933