Diaries, believed to be genuine, chronicle 139 pre-war meetings between antisemitic aristocrat and Nazi leader. The diaries of an antisemitic British socialite who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler and struck up a personal relationship with the Nazi leader have been discovered, according to the Daily Mail. The leather-bound journals, which had been lost to historians and unseen for eight decades, appear to reveal the extent of Unity Mitford’s relationship with the dictator. (…) The diaries detail how the aristocrat harboured a fascination with Hitler and stalked him when she moved to Munich at the age of 20. The handwritten entries expose Unity – one of the well-known Mitford sisters – as a Nazi worshipper, sharing Hitler’s hatred of Jewish people.
via guardian: ‘Discovered’ diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford reveal Hitler relationship
siehe auch: Who was Adolf Hitler’s British socialite girlfriend? New diary pages expose their bizarre Nazi love story. Unity Mitford, a British aristocrat from one of England’s most notorious families, was a staunch fascist and an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler. Known for her frequent interactions with the Nazi leader, Mitford documented her obsession in a diary that reveals her infatuation and chilling devotion. Recently rediscovered after 80 years, her diaries provide an unparalleled glimpse into her relationship with Hitler, making her one of the few Britons who knew him intimately, as reported by the Daily Mail. Unity Valkyrie Mitford, born on 8 August 1914 in London, was part of the infamous Mitford family, which became synonymous with eccentricity and controversy. Unity, the fourth of six siblings, often struggled to stand out among her more accomplished sisters. Her middle name, “Valkyrie,” and her conception in Swastika, Ontario, seemed almost prophetic given her future allegiance to Nazi ideology. Mitford’s fascination with Nazism began as a form of rebellion. To shock her family, she decorated her side of the bedroom with National Socialist propaganda while her sister Jessica, a communist, displayed posters of Vladimir Lenin. This act of defiance escalated when Unity moved to Germany in 1933, determined to meet Adolf Hitler.
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