Sperlinger, Tom. “Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks, By John Curran”. The Independent.
Adolf Hitler
Standard Name: Hitler, Adolf
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Publishing | Phyllis Bottome | The BBC approached Bottome to write propaganda to help entice America into war because of the popularity of her novels in the United States. Her script uses Disney
cartoon characters to depict the two... |
politics | Ann Bridge | AB
was always alert to and outspoken about national and international attitudes. From a chance word spoken by a Swiss banker, she learned of Hitler
's original plan to invade Russia six weeks earlier than... |
Reception | Ann Bridge | AB
arrived in Hungary in 1940 to find that two of her novels had just been translated into Magyar, and the publishers had waited until she got there to provide window displays with photographs for... |
Travel | Vera Brittain | VB
's political commitments involved a great deal of travel, beginning with journeys all around England as a League of Nations Union
lecturer. She was in Cologne in October 1924 observing the hungry, hopeless Germans... |
Textual Features | Mona Caird | |
Textual Features | Agatha Christie | Among its most fascinating contents is The Capture of Cerberus, an unpublished story dating from 1939, which includes barely disguised version of Adolf Hitler
: a curious and disturbing relic, as a reviewer called it. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Hélène Cixous | HC
's mother, Eva Cixous
(born Klein), a midwife, was born in Germany but left in 1933 for Oran after Hitler
's rise to power. Her family was Austro-German Jewish, and many members died in... |
Textual Production | Clemence Dane | |
Textual Features | Isak Dinesen | Here Mr Pennhallow represents Hitler
, a figure of masculine oppression. He is a trafficker in prostitutes, whom he regards with disgust and hatred. The deepest sunk creature refuses to drink from the cup out... |
politics | George Egerton | In the postwar years GE
seems also to have grown somewhat disillusioned with British politics in general. During the General Strike (which began on 3 May 1926) she wrote in her diary, I am convinced... |
Birth | Buchi Emecheta | She was the elder of two children, born prematurely at seven months and not expected to live: a little bigger than the biggest rat you've ever seen, all head. Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann. 9 |
Textual Features | Elaine Feinstein | This novel is an extraordinary tour de force in taking Lawrence's patterns of thought and speech to write a refutation, through a female narrator (his protagonist herself), of his sexual theories. EF
traces forwards both... |
Travel | Rosita Forbes | RF
left Russia by way of Finland, and later the same year she flew to Germany to interview Hitler
. In the autumn, still in 1933, she was back again lecturing in the USA... |
politics | Rosita Forbes | It was something of a coup for RF
in June 1933 to interview Hitler
, who had come to power on the crest of a new generation's resentment. Forbes, Rosita. Gypsy in the Sun. Cassell. 304 |
politics | Rosita Forbes | RF
had been patriotically outraged at the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935 (which was presented as saving the country from British imperialism). Forbes, Rosita. Appointment with Destiny. Cassell. 12 |
Timeline
2 August 1934: Hitler achieved complete power following...
National or international item
2 August 1934
Hitler
achieved complete power following Chancellor Hindenberg
's death.
1935: Leni Riefenstahl directed her technically...
Building item
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
directed her technically brilliant, politically infamous documentary film Triumph of the Will.
1935: The business-oriented and purportedly non-political...
National or international item
1935
The business-oriented and purportedly non-political Anglo-German Fellowship
was formed in London to promote friendly relations between the two countries. It lasted until 1941 before succumbing to the pressure of war.
7 March 1936: Hitler marched into and appropriated the...
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7 March 1936
Hitler
marched into and appropriated the Rhineland: neither France nor Britain opposed him.
5 October 1936: A Sunday march of Oswald Mosley's British...
National or international item
5 October 1936
A Sunday march of Oswald Mosley
's British Union of Fascists
clashed with anti-fascist demonstrators at Cable Street in the East End of London.
30 June 1937: Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister)...
Building item
30 June 1937
Joseph Goebbels
(Hitler
's propaganda minister) decreed that decadent art (created by Jews, Slavs, or Germans who for whatever reason were also deemed degenerate) should be weeded out from public and private collections in Germany.
11-23 October 1937: Embarrassingly for the British government...
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11-23 October 1937
Embarrassingly for the British government and royal family, the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor
visited Nazi Germany, where they had a cordial meeting with Hitler
.
12 March 1938: Hitler set on foot the annexation by force...
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12 March 1938
Hitler
set on foot the annexation by force of Austria, an event presented as and later known as Anschluss or Union.
13 March 1938: Austria was officially proclaimed a State...
National or international item
13 March 1938
Austria was officially proclaimed a State of the German Reich, as Anschluss (Union) was enforced between it and Germany.
“March 14, 1938, Austria declares union with Germany”. Guardian Weekly, p. 22.
22
29 September 1938: The Munich Pact (associated with the name...
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29 September 1938
The Munich Pact (associated with the name of Neville Chamberlain
, who travelled to Munich to sign it for Britain) granted the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Hitler
's Germany.
March 1939: Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, despite the...
National or international item
March 1939
Hitler
invaded Czechoslovakia, despite the assurances he had given at Munich in September 1938 about respecting its integrity.
7 April 1939: Italy under Mussolini further pursued its...
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7 April 1939
Italy under Mussolini
further pursued its expansionist policy by invading Albania.
14 August 1939: Four hundred US intellectuals signed an open...
National or international item
14 August 1939
Four hundred US intellectuals signed an open letter to All Active Supporters of Democracy and Peace asserting that the USSR was a bulwark against war and aggression, contrary to politically orthodox views.
Rowley, Hazel. Christina Stead: A Biography. Secker and Warburg.
266
23 August 1939: Hitler's and Stalin's German-Soviet non-aggression...
National or international item
23 August 1939
Hitler
's and Stalin
's German-Soviet non-aggression pact was signed by foreign ministers Ribbentrop
and Molotov
.
2 September 1939: The government of Eire, under Eamon De Valera,...
National or international item
2 September 1939
The government of Eire, under Eamon De Valera
, declared that the country would remain neutral in the coming international conflict.
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