American Citizens in 1941 Nazi Germany

Oh yes indeed. Plenty of American correspondents reported from Nazi Germany, though most of them had not the best experiences, to put it mildly, especially when dealing with Nazi censorship and murky knowledge of their activities at home and in the occupied territories. A few of these correspondents even got into legal trouble with the Nazis.

Here is an account by one Richard C. Hottelet of his imprisonment by the Nazis in Berlin. He was charged with “suspicion of espionage.”

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