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Into the Darkness Paperback – February 23, 2011

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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (June 29, 1883 - May 1, 1950) was an American political scientist, historian, journalist, anthropologist, eugenicist, pacifist, and anti-immigration advocate who wrote a number of books which are cited by historians as prominent examples of early 20th-century scientific racism. During World War II he wrote Into the Darkness, about the effect of war on Nazi Germany. Stoddard was relatively nonpartisan in his coverage of the Nazi regime, but he did express concern for the welfare of the European Jewish community, foreseeing intense violence against the Jews.

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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com (February 23, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 160444441X
ISBN-13: 978-1604444414
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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Surprisingly objective and informative.

ByAlec Marshon April 2, 2014

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I was wary of this book. Stoddard's reputation as a racist and eugenicist as well as an apologist for Hitler made me nervous. But I was pleasantly surprised by INTO THE DARKNESS, which is a hard-headed, skeptical and highly informative record of Stoddard's 4 month stay in Germany in the winter of 1939-1940. The title refers to the blackout which extended over Germany, as well as the unknown quality of the German Reich for his American readers. The first impression? Spartan. despite the consolidation of the Reich and the September victory over Poland, things are already very, very tight. Everything is rationed. A complex coupon/ ration card scheme keeps goods moving, but makes shopping a nightmare. The chapter on the average day of a Berlin housewife is eye-opening.

Stoddard understands that he is working under a censorship (not as tight as that affecting his German colleagues, but very much there). He can't go certain places (occupied Poland for example); events are managed, there are press-conferences and bus-trips to model factories and out of town to see the rural Volk. He visits Jews in Berlin and finds their conditions very tough--worse than their Aryan counterparts, if not yet absolutely beastly. Still, he writes that for the ordinary German 'the Jewish problem" is as good as solved. This does not yet, in 1940, mean physical liquidation, but it is generally understood that the Jews will be removed from Germany. he visits a "Eugenics Court" and finds the medicos who consider the case far more "conservative" and far more conscientious and orderly than equivalent practices in the United States, which were decided on an ad hoc basis with little or no government oversight. In any case, no sterilizations were ordered that day.

Stoddard interviews Hitler, Himmler, and other high functionaries, including Archibishop Tiso of Slovakia.He visits Hungary as well. Interestingly, he finds Hitler less magnetic and charming than he had found Mussolini on another trip. he himself is surprised by this since so many had told him of Hitler's fatal attractive powers. INTO THE DARK sheds light on a little known aspect of World War 2 and gives a sense of what German life was like during the first year of the war. It neither praises nor condemns Germany, but rather, gives us something very close to an "objective" account. This is a fine piece of journalism by a very lucid writer.

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An Informative Insight into the German Nation at War

ByStanleyon August 24, 2012

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It bothers me that only recently did I stumble across this book. Stoddard, a Harvard professor, spent several months inside wartime Germany and Central Europe before America's entry into the Second World War. Speaking German with no American accent and following some simple rules of journalism, Stoddard was able to visit not only with Hitler and other Nazi officials but also just plain regular Germans.
He came away with three general findings: 1) Most Germans did not want a general war but felt they had no choice, 2) Germans felt they must win the war or the ensuing peace would be terrible, 3) Germany was probably the most organized nation ever. Unfortunately for Stoddard the reaction to the book's even handed accounts cost him dearly. He was branded a Nazi sympathizer and his career was pretty much finished. Still the book is extemely informative and a quick and easy read.

A final note. One of Stoddard's sins was that he pointed out that the Slovaks didn't like the Czechs and weren't happy about the creation of Czechoslovakia. At one time they were promised the country's name would have hyphen. . .well that didn't happen and the Sovaks were second class citizens. This finding was at the time when Czechoslovia was presented to Americans as the victim of Nazi thievery. The Slovaks, now with their own country, certainly didn't feel that way.

Come to think of it, this book is a must read.

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