0It is September 6, 1939.

Five days have passed since Germany invaded Poland, sparking war in Europe.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is writing to her old school friend Carola von Schaffer-Bernstein, a German citizen living in Berlin who supports Hitler.

Dear Carola:

All of us are appalled at plunging the European continent into war, but I do not think there is any bitterness toward the German people in this country.

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