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Dear Adolf is a series of six narrative letters based on real letters written by Americans to Adolf Hitler during WWII. Produced in 1942, this is a fascinating collection of vignettes American opinions of Hitler and the Nazi regime. Written by Stephen Vincent Benét, the program was created as "a fight-talk programs" which was network based propaganda shows used to boost popular support of the war.