“Philip Conwell-Evans, who three years earlier had witnessed the book burning at Königsberg University with such equanimity. Choosing to operate discretely behind the scenes, Conwell-Evans had been instrumental in bringing together a number of influential British figures with leading Nazis. It was he, for instance who in December 1934, had been the driving force behind the first major dinner party Hitler ever hosted for foreigners and at which Lord Rothermere had been guest of honour. And it was now Conwell-Evans, in harness with his close friend Ribbentrop, who was masterminding the Lloyd-George expedition. 'He is so blind to the blemishes of the Germans,' Dr Jones wrote of his fellow Welshman in his diary,' as to make one see the virtues of the French.” FascismSanctionsNazismHitlerNazisAppeasementThird ReichLloyd GeorgeLord RothermereRibbentrop Book:Travellers in the Third Reich Source: Travellers in the Third Reich
“Thelma Cazalet MP, unlike most of the other British 'honoured guests' attending [the 1938 Reichsparteitag], was strongly anti-Nazi and had accepted Ribbentrop's invitation only because she thought it important 'to be aware of what was going on.' As she entered the dining room of the Grand Hotel on the first night, she immediately caught sight of Unity Mitford seated at the long 'British' table with her parents Lord and Lady Redesdale. 'Unity is alarmingly pretty,' she wrote in her diary, 'but I have never seen anyone so pretty with absolutely no charm in her face and a rather stupid expression.” FascismNazismNazisAdolf HitlerThird ReichNancy MitfordMitford SistersFascist SympathiserNuremberg RalliesReichsparteitag Book:Travellers in the Third Reich Source: Travellers in the Third Reich
“One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934” GermanyFascismNazismSocial HistoryBlondes Book:Travellers in the Third Reich Source: Travellers in the Third Reich
“One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934” HistoryFascismNazismSocial HistoryBlondes Book:Travellers in the Third Reich Source: Travellers in the Third Reich