A British Girl In Hitler’s Circle?

Adolf Hitler was with a girl on October 5, 1936 during the Black Shirt Riots in London. Just who is this girl in the film? The girl was also spotted at the 1937 Nuremberg Rally. She appeared with Hitler on the balcony in Vienna in 1938.

The lady that we are discussing – her name is Unity Valkyrie Mitford. Just who was Unity? She came from a large family of five sisters and a brother. The father’s name was David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, who was an English landowner and son of a British diplomat, Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale.

Lord Redesdale (grandfather of Unity) translated into English, edited, and wrote extensive effusive introductions of two books: Foundations of the Nineteenth Century and Immanuel Kant – A Study and Comparison with Goethe, Leonardo de Vinci, Bruno, Plato, Descartes. The author was Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Chamberlain would also write about Richard Wagner, the famous German composer.

Hitler would have been completely fascinated by the fact that Unity’s grandfather would’ve known and better yet, have been friends with the great Wagner. This was undoubtedly irresistable to Hitler and one reason for the unique bonding with Unity.

David Mitford married Sydney Bowles, the daughter of the founder of Vanity Fair magazine. Thomas Gibson Bowles also founded another magazine called The Lady. The couple were known as Lord and Lady Redesdale.

The Mitfords attended a Nuremburg Rally and even met Hitler. They supported Hitler in the beginning. But David later retracted his support after the commencement of WWII in 1939. As Sydney the wife, remained a Nazi supporter, this caused a split between the two. The death of Tom, their only son, was the final blow to David; his health became fragile afterwards.

Unity and sister Diana joined the British Union of Fascists in 1932. Diana had left her husband for the one who founded the party, Sir Oswald Mosley. An older Diana Mosley is actually interviewed in the video below. Interesting.

Unity went back to Germany to stalk and finally meet Hitler. She was obsessed with Hitler. Unity persisently kept attending the Osteria Bavaria restaurant, until she finally achieved her goal to meet him. Her diligence finally paid off, as Hitler sent an invitation and paid the bill. In return, Hitler became obsessed with the British blonde. By the way, the Osteria Bavaria is now called the Osteria Italiana, which is located in Munich, Germany. Hitler ate there often.

Apparently the two had become very close and Eva Braun was aware of this. In 1938 Hitler found an apartment for her. Unity even stayed at the Berghof, the residence of Hitler, before war was declared on England on Sep. 3, 1939.

Unity after receiving the bad news shot herself in the head; after surviving the blow Hitler had her sent back home to England. She never fully recovered from the trauma, but she was able to walk later on. Unity would eventually die of meningitis, due to the bullet that was still lodged in the head. The doctors were afraid to remove the bullet.

The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters was a book that surfaced in 2007 about the letters written between the Mitford sisters. The book was well received by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and several other well-known newspapers.

Were Unity and Hitler more than just friends?

HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL

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