Nazis In Pre-War London, 1930-1939

by Barnes, James J.; Barnes, Patience P.

• ISBN13: 9781845190538
• ISBN10: 184519053X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Sussex Academic Pr

Summary

Once war broke out in September 1930 the Nazi Party newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter, sent its first representative to London. Soon afterwards, German residents in London established an Ortsgruppe, or local Nazi group, which provided Party members with a place to congregate and support the new movement. By 1933, more than 100 members belonged to the London group. The Nazis in pre-war London created a dilemma for the Foreign Office and the Home Office, who were divided as to how best to treat residents whose allegiance was to the German Reich. Some felt that all Nazi organizations should be banned, and Party Members should not be allowed to enter the UK. Others, including MI5, argued that it would be easier to keep track of Nazis if they were in-country. Previously unpublished German documents reveal the fate of German diplomats, journalists, and professionals, many of whom were interned in Britain or deported to Nazi Germany once war broke out on 3 September 1939. Nazis in Pre-War London is the first book to study the history of the Nazis in Britain. An Appendix lists the details concerning the nearly 400 German Party members, as well as Nazi journalists, who spent time in Britain prior to the war.

Author Biography

Patience P. Barnes is a Research Associate at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. James J. Barnes is Professor of History at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Acknowledgements	viii
List of Abbreviations	x
A Nazi Journalist Comes to London	1	(5)
Founding the London Ortsgruppe, 1931--1932	6	(12)
Otto Bene, Ortsgruppenleiter, 1932--1935	18	(14)
Establishing a Nazi Brown House	32	(14)
The Expulsion of Hans Wilhelm Thost	46	(17)
Appointment of a Nazi Consul-General	63	(12)
The Nazi Takeover of German News Agencies	75	(10)
Party and SS Members in the German Embassy	85	(18)
Bonhoeffer and the Struggle for Church Autonomy	103	(13)
Nazi Infiltration of Business and Labor	116	(11)
Mosley's British Union of Fascists	127	(20)
Nazi Influence over the British Legion	147	(18)
Otto Karlowa and the Landesgruppe Gross Britannien	165	(12)
The Government's Dilemma: Whether to Outlaw Foreign Organizations	177	(12)
German Journalists: First Targets for Expulsion	189	(25)
Nazi Intimidation Leads to Deportation	214	(13)
The Question of Espionage	227	(24)
Epilogue	251	(5)
Appendix -- members of the London Ortsgruppe, 1931--1939	256	(17)
Index	273