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He was one of Martha’s most controversial lovers July 5, 1933: The Dodds set sail on the Washing-
because he was suspected of being an NKVD spy. ton, arriving in Hamburg on July 13.
Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise September 14, 1933: Dodd meets with German
The honorary president of the American Jewish foreign minister Konstantin von Neurath to make
Congress, he urged Roosevelt to join his vocal a formal protest against attacks on Americans.
opposition to Nazism.
October 12, 1933: Dodd delivers a speech before
G L OSSARY Berlin’s branch of the American Chamber of Com-
Geheime Staatspolizei, Gestapo: secret police merce predicting the collapse of a nation that tries
Konzentrationslager, KZ: concentration camp to exert social control.
Nationalsozialismus: Nazism
Schutzhaft: protective custody October 17, 1933: Dodd meets with Hitler to
Schutzstaffel, SS: Nazi defense corps voice similar concerns.
Staatsjugendtag: Saturday State’s Day for Hitler November 12, 1933: In a public referendum, the
Youth German people ratify Hitler’s decision to with-
Sturmabteilung, SA: storm troopers draw from the Geneva Disarmament Conference
Reichstag: legislative body and the League of Nations.
Untermensch: subhuman, applied primarily to Jews
January 1, 1934: Hitler’s cabinet enacts the Law
TI M E L INE for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary
July 28, 1921: Austrian World War I veteran Adolf Diseases.
Hitler becomes chairman of the National Socialist
German Workers (Nazi) party. His inflammatory March 7, 1934: A mock trial of Hitler, organized
speeches—appealing to wounded national pride by the American Jewish Congress, is held in
while attacking Jews, social democrats, and com- Madison Square Garden.
munists—cause his popularity to soar.
May 12, 1934: Dodd receives word that Goebbels
July 31, 1932: In national elections, Nazi can- has just given a speech calling Jews “the syphilis
didates win more than 200 seats, becoming the of all European peoples.”
largest party in the Reichstag.
June 30, 1934: Hitler purges his own legions in
January 30, 1933: President Paul von Hindenburg the Night of the Long Knives. General and former
appoints Nazi party leader Hitler as Chancellor. chancellor Kurt von Schleicher, cabinet member
Ferdinand von Bredow, and SA commander Ernst
March 4, 1933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is in- Röhm are among the casualties.
augurated.
August 2, 1934: Hindenburg dies. Hitler declares
April 7, 1933: The Reichstag enacts the so-called the presidency dormant and transfers full powers
Aryan Clause, banning Jews from civil service to himself as Führer.
jobs, including in courts of law.
August 1934–September 1937: Dodd writes re-
June 8, 1933: Sixty-four-year-old William Dodd peated, alarming reports and refuses to engage
receives a phone call inviting him to serve as U.S. the Third Reich.
ambassador to Germany.
IN T HE G ARDEN OF B EASTS GROUP READING G UIDE
Ab ou t t h e Au t h or
Erik Larson is the bestselling author of the
National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award–
winning The Devil in the White City. His other
previous books include Thunderstruck, Isaac’s
Storm, Lethal Passage, and The Naked Consumer.
He lives in Seattle with his wife and three daugh-
ters. Visit his website at eriklarsonbooks.com.