Episode 80 - Dorothy Thompson

Episode 80 of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast podcast, hosted by Dead Ladies Show Podcast, titled "Episode 80 - Dorothy Thompson" was published on April 23, 2025 and runs 37 minutes.

April 23, 2025 ·37m · Dead Ladies Show Podcast

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Episode Description

In this episode of our podcast, DLS co-host Florian Duijsens tells us about journalist, writer, and witness to history Dorothy Thompson. As a foreign correspondent in Germany, she was among the first to caution against the growing tides of fascism, warning urgently against the Nazis and Hitler. Unfortunately, the world didn't listen. Dorothy continued to speak out throughout her life, and during her career peak, was read and heard on the radio by millions.

Her personal life at times also made the news — she was married to Pulitzer Prize-winning author and alcoholic Sinclair 'Hal' Lewis but was also less openly involved with German-Hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor Christa Winsloe, the author of the notorious girl's boarding school lesbian story which became Mädchen in Uniform, an even more notorious film starring Dead Lady Romy Schneider.

Katy Derbyshire, our other DLS co-founder joins host/producer Susan Stone to introduce the story.

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You can find NPR's recent feature on Dorothy Thompson here:

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5324672/dorothy-thompson-hitler

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