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The Woman Who Interviewed Hitler

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The One Reporter Who Got an Interview With Hitler

In 1920, there are more than 2,000 American daily newspapers. They all need reporters. Dorothy Thompson had a lot of hutsba. She wasn't above forging a travel visa using the seal from a coffee can to make it look official. Once dressed up as a Red Cross nurse in order to get an interview. And now we might say morally dubious, but she got the story.

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