Martha Dodd — My Years in Germany

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart third impression of this detailed account of the author's time living in and travelling around Germany. First edition, third impression. Printed the same year as the first. A detailed account of the author's experiences in Germany, with chapters on first impressions, the press corps, Nazi personalities, dictatorship, torture, German Jews, and fascism. Written by Martha Eccles Dodd, an American journalist and novelist. As the daughter of William Edward Dodd, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first Ambassador to Germany, Dodd lived in Berlin from 1933–1937 and was a witness to the rise of the Third Reich. After seeing first-hand the violence of the Nazi state, she engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union from the start of the Second World War until the height of the Cold War. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Light age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .