from the memoirs of hitler's press secretary, ernst gangstagl, in november 1922 , warren robins, a seniort the american embassy in berlin, called me in munich. we'll send you our military atashi, captain truman smith so that he can look around, introduce him to some people in a few days. smith saw the crown prince rupricht ludendorff, as well as other influential people. soon he knew more about bavarian politics than i did myself we had lunch with him on the last day of his stay in munich i'll tell you one thing smith said i met the most wonderful guy i've ever seen really reacted i and his name is adolf hitler rally tonight. they say that there he forbade the signature of the jews, but at the same time he had the most convincing line regarding the german honor of rights for the workers and the new society that same evening. i met with hitler for the first time he looked like a provincial hairdresser on a day off. i approached him to introduce myself. well, what did he say. i you just fought in the war. we almost won in 1917 when russia collapsed. so why then did we end up losing it, beca