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Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite and member of the Mitford family known for her relationship with Adolf Hitler.Both in the United Kingdom and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of Nazism, fascism and antisemitism, and belonged to Hitler's inner circle of friends.
Hitler's British Girl is a Channel 4 documentary film about British Nazi sympathiser Unity Mitford and her relationship with Adolf Hitler.The film was made by following an investigation by journalist Martin Bright which revealed that she may have secretly given birth to Hitler's child.
Hitler may have been romantically involved with Erna, who was reported to have been beautiful, charming, cultured and intelligent. [5] In the days following the failed Beer Hall Putsch , it was rumored that Hitler and Erna had sex while the former was hiding at a country house in Uffing .
Hitler created a public image of a celibate man without a domestic life, dedicated entirely to his political mission and the governance of Nazi Germany. His relationship with Eva Braun, which lasted nearly 14 years, was hidden from the public and all but his inner circle. Braun biographer Heike Görtemaker notes that the couple enjoyed a normal ...
The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland. Several heads of the family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland .
Unity befriended Nazi leader Hitler, who praised her as an ideal of Aryan beauty. [3] Mitford recalls: "In the windows, still to be seen, are swastikas carved into the glass with a diamond ring, and for every swastika a carefully delineated hammer and sickle. They were put there by my sister Unity and myself when we were children.
Rowling reviewed Mitford's book of letters, Decca, in The Sunday Telegraph in 2006. [30] In 2010, Leslie Brody's biography of Mitford, Irrepressible, The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford was published by Counterpoint Press. [31] In 2013, the singer David Bowie named The American Way of Death as one of his favorite books. [32]
David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, was a member of the House of Lords. His wife, Lady Redesdale, and two of his daughters were also members: Diana Mitford (Lady Mosley, after her marriage to Sir Oswald Mosley in 1936) Unity Mitford was an associate of Hitler. Tommy Moran was a BUF leader in Derby and later south Wales.