Hitler’s success at the poll on 5 March came as no surprise. Tweedy listened to the results on the wireless in the crowded lobby of the hotel. ‘There was no real excitement and no applause. Hitler won all along and that was that.’ A week later Tweedy was expressing astonishment at the breath-taking change in so short a time. ‘The election has completely altered Germany both outwardly and inwardly so much that it is hard to realise that we are in the same country that we entered a month ago. The Nazis are out-fascismising Fascismo.’ Two days later they left Berlin, thankful to escape the
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Speed of change under Hitler
