Dorothy Thompson and the Interview That Foreshadowed a Dictatorship In 1931, American journalist Dorothy Thompson secured a rare interview with Adolf Hitler at Berlin’s Kaiserhof Hotel, at a moment when the Nazi Party was still rising to power. Thompson asked a direct question: whether, once in office, he would abolish the constitution of the German Republic. Hitler replied that he intended to gain power legally, dissolve parliament, abolish the Weimar Constitution, and establish an authoritaria

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Journalist Dorothy Thompson recorded this speech after arriving in Paris in August 1934. Just days earlier, Nazi authorities had expelled her from Germany. Thompson was the first American journalist expelled from Nazi Germany, since she criticized Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime in her reporting. In her speech, she warned Americans that Nazi Germany did not believe in freedom of the press. "My expulsion from Germany is not individually of any importance. It is only interesting insofar as it thr

Journalist Dorothy Thompson made a name for herself in the 1930s and 40s by speaking out against fascism in Europe—and at home. Tune in tonight at 9/8c for an encore presentation of NAZI TOWN, USA (check local listings) or stream anytime on YouTube and the PBS App. | American Experience | PBS

In June 1965, Dorothy Thompson was a 30-year-old wife and mother living a quiet life in the small town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. One afternoon, her husband came home to find Dorothy brutally murdered behind their house, while their toddler daughter and elderly mother-in-law were unharmed upstairs. The crime scene suggested a violent and personal attack, yet nothing of real value was taken except a small piggy bank. Police quickly believed Dorothy likely knew her killer, but the investigation