Adrian (Changeling Reader)’s Reviews > They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 > Status Update

"'...things seeped through...always quietly...indirectly. So people heard rumors and the rest they could guess. Of course, most people [didn't] believe the stories of Jews or...opponents of the regime. It was naturally thought...such persons would all exaggerate.'

Rumors, guesses enough to make a man know if he wanted badly to know...always involving persons [who'd] be suspected, 'naturally,' of exaggerating." (91)