Read this report by a British businessman living in Germany.
Primary Source 1: Mr. Law
During the 1930s, Great Britain received information about the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany from various sources. Mr. Law was a British businessman working in Germany. He wrote a report to document concerns about the events in Germany in 1937. Mr. Law gives his opinions about Adolf Hitler and about Britain’s relationship with Germany. These types of primary sources help historians understand how events occurred in Germany just before the outbreak of World War II.

The Report of Mr. Law
“I am told, on what I believe to be very good German authority, that really the most dangerous man of all is the Fuhrer himself. He falls into fits of passion and will listen to no advice. It was on his orders and against the advice of the Foreign Office and the army that recently an American was beheaded. It was again on his direct orders and before he could receive any advice that the bombardment of Almeria took place.

“If this is true—as I believe it to be—the picture is not a cheerful one. Noone wants war; certainly, but when you have a passionate lunatic at the top who still commands the devotion of the populace and who is evidently prepared to run great risks, then already the situation is dangerous. But when, besides that, the Russian army appears not exactly at the height of its efficiency, when (as it is believed in Germany) France is tottering on the edge of communism and Franco is at the gates of Bilbao, then we ought to be on our guard.

“I was told in Berlin that another publicity campaign was contemplated in England by those English people who are advocating close relations with Germany. This I am informed both by Englishmen in Berlin and by patriotic Germans who do not like Nazi-ism would be at this juncture a most disastrous mistake. No further advances should be made to Germany at the present time.”

In addition to implying that Hitler is mentally unstable, what does this passage imply about Hitler’s relationship to the Germany people?

A. The German people do not like Hitler.

B. Hitler lacks support in Germany.

C. The German people completely support Hitler.