Reporting on Hitler

by Wainewright, Will;

411. ‘We cannot expect…’ Daily Mail, 21 March 1934.

  412. Halifax’s conclusion, Twilight of Truth, p. 40.

  413. ‘Need for the press…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 40.

  414. ‘The spiteful taint…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 41.

  415. ‘The most troublesome’ Twilight of Truth, p. 43.

  416. ‘Unjustly cruel cartoon…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 43.

  417. BBC censorship, The Appeasers, p. 57.

  418. ‘I have the greatest…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 65.

  419. ‘I wish he would not…’ The Fateful Years: Memoirs 1931–1945, p. 109.

  420. ‘The incident is over…’ letter on 17 November 1937 from Frederick Voigt to William Crozier, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 135.

  421. ‘There is a great…’ The Fateful Years: Memoirs 1931–1945, p. 109.

  422. ‘He ought to have…’ Editorial: The Memoirs of Colin R. Coote, p. 167.

  423. ‘Has not abated for one…’ Manchester Guardian, 29 January 1938.

  424. ‘I do not believe…’ The Appeasers, p. 76.

  425. Gordon-Lennox tears, Twilight of Truth, p. 51.

  426. Halifax meeting Harmsworth, Twilight of Truth, p. 46.

  427. ‘Been some reflection…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 44.

  428. ‘As political extremists…’ Change and Fortune, p. 71.

  429. ‘Almost the entire press…’ Change and Fortune, p. 70.

  430. ‘From the very start…’ News Chronicle report on 16 February 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–39, p. 144.

  431. ‘The Führer went so far…’ Telegraph report on 16 February 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–39, p. 144.

  432. ‘The twittering of sparrows…’ Telegraph piece on 17 February 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–39, p. 145.

  433. ‘Nothing, [Hitler] said, could…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 115.

  434. ‘When I got there…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 90.

  435. ‘Ein Reich! Ein Volk!…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 228.

  436. ‘Never indeed, has the mailed’ Daily Telegraph line on 12 March 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 153.

  437. ‘Remember that what has happened…’ News Chronicle line on 14 March 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 159.

  438. ‘Arm, arm, arm…’ Daily Mail on 12 March 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 164.

  439. ‘Is that a rape?’ Extra-special correspondent, p. 229.

  440. ‘In my wildest nightmares…’ letter from Times Vienna Correspondent to Geoffrey Dawson, 16 March 1938, quoted in History of The Times Volume IV, p. XX.

  441. ‘Over the frontiers…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 154.

  442. ‘There, you damned Jew…’ The Last Chronicle of Bouverie Street, p. 73.

  443. ‘Had done more for…’ The Appeasers, p. 106.

  444. ‘Felt that things…’ The Appeasers, p. 113.

  445. ‘We have no alliance…’ Sunday Times line on 20 March 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 18.

  446. ‘Nazi heart and soul’ lines taken from Times archive, quoted in Twilight of Truth, p. 56.

  447. ‘Has spent the last…’ Daily Express on 12 May 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 33.

  448. ‘Czechoslovakia is not of the remotest…’ line from Daily Mail on 6 May 1938, and Cranfield reference taken from The Appeasers, p. 118.

  449. ‘A lot of the journalists…’ The Reluctant Press Lord: Esmond Rothermere and the Daily Mail, p. 2.

  450. ‘No man in the service…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 266.

  451. ‘Probably you know this…’ Trail Sinister, p. 213.

  452. ‘Only very foolish newspaper…’ Trail Sinister, p. 213.

  453. Voigt’s espionage involvement mentioned in Colonel Z: The Life and Times of a Master of Spies, p. 184.

  454. ‘Hundreds of victims…’ letter in Daily Telegraph, 23 August 1940.

  455. ‘By refusing to be…’ Daily Mail, May 1938.

  456. ‘Skilful precautionary measures…’ Manchester Guardian, 23 May 1938.

  457. ‘I am afraid you will think…’ Crozier to Voigt letter on 22 May 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 168.

  458. ‘Without the championship…’ Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 17.

  459. ‘A joint note to Berlin…’ The Appeasers, pp. x–xi.

  460. ‘See Germany for yourself…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 173.

  461. ‘I don’t myself object…’ Crozier letter to Voigt on 26 July 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 17.

  462. ‘You do not seem to know…’ Rothermere letter printed in News Chronicle on 16 August 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 18.

  463. ‘I listened to the barrage…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 316.

  464. ‘The parliamentary reports…’ A Man of The Times, p. 19.

  465. Captain Wiedemann meeting and Chamberlain response, Twilight of Truth, p. 66.

  466. ‘A more homogenous state…’ The Times, 7 September 1938.

  467. ‘Well, that’s not my reading…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936– 1939, p. 54.

  468. Beaverbrook backing for Chamberlain, Twilight of Truth, p. 56.

  469. ‘Mr Chamberlain stepped…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 149.

  470. ‘A stiff wing-collar…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 231.

  471. ‘Question of her excellent…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 83.

  472. ‘If England means…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 152.

  473. ‘We have chosen…’ Voigt diary entries from The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 8.

  474. ‘An absolute determination…’ Daily Telegraph, 15 September 1938, quoted in Twilight of Truth, p. 78.

  475. ‘From every part…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 233.

  476. ‘Grave, like masks…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 317.

  477. ‘Some went one way…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 317.

  478. ‘There was to be…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 317.

  479. ‘The whole place…’ History of The Times, Volume IV, p. 943.

  480. ‘If at first you don’t…’ Daily Mail, 30 September 1938.

  481. ‘If you hear any reference…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 233.

  482. ‘The nation cannot prudently…’ Daily Telegraph article on 26 September 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 196.

  483. ‘If that’s the news…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 39.

  484. ‘Most dreadful man’ Editorial: The Memoirs of Colin R. Coote, p. 172.

  485. ‘Millions of mothers…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 168.

  486. ‘Journals were all but…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 7.

  487. ‘An almost complete…’ Twilight of Truth, pp. 79–80.

  488. Harrison report blocked, The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 39.

  489. ‘I fear that so blunt…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 101.

  490. Junior staff resignations, History of The Times, Volume IV, p. 945.

  491. ‘Your speech was one…’ Old Men Forget: The Autobiography of Duff Cooper, p. 249.

  492. ‘Silent, mournful, abandoned…’ Man of The Times, p. 39.

  493. ‘Damp squib’ Old Men Forget: The Autobiography of Duff Cooper, p. 250.

  494. ‘Most of the office…’ Man of the Times, p. 48.

  495. ‘With their cartoons and comments…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 94.

  496. ‘Obtained, through the machinery…’ Daily Telegraph article on 13 October 1938, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 197.

  497. Arthur Mann�
��s objection to appeasement, Twilight of Truth, p. 62.

  498. ‘I believe that most editors…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 100.

  499. ‘German troops are tonight…’ Daily Mail, 3 October 1938.

  500. ‘Today they march in…’ Voigt diary quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 9.

  501. ‘Never again shall…’ Daily Mail, 4 October 1938.

  502. ‘We don’t normally…’ author’s interview with Herbert Kaden, 21 February 2015.

  503. ‘The landlord said…’ author’s interview with Herbert Kaden, 21 February 2015.

  504. Emigration statistic, Germany: The Third Reich, p. 92.

  505. ‘News of such crimes…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 262.

  506. ‘They threw over…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 259.

  507. ‘Ardent Nazis and Storm Troopers…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 262.

  508. ‘The murder (in Paris)…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 246.

  509. ‘Primed with tales…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 258.

  510. ‘Jewry fired on the…’ Daily Mail, 11 November 1938.

  511. ‘Thus, thousands were doomed…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 261.

  512. ‘The German people has not…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 269.

  513. ‘To look on, helpless…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 270.

  514. ‘The World Protests’ Daily Mail, 14 November 1938.

  515. ‘‘The world is appalled…’ Daily Mail, 14 November 1938.

  516. ‘I felt an ever-increasing…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 12.

  517. ‘Bread was grey…’ Halifax Courier, 16 December 1939.

  518. ‘Who is contented…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 234.

  519. The assertion comes in The Reluctant Press Lord: Esmond Rothermere and the Daily Mail. Reynolds is referred to fleetingly and the basis for the assertion is not given, though it may have come from his assistant Izzard, who was interviewed for that book.

  520. ‘Emigrants are not infrequently…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 267.

  521. ‘So many people are…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 267.

  522. ‘It is pleasant to be…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 13.

  523. Oxford undergraduates speech, The Times obituary, 2 September 1940.

  524. ‘This house is like…’ letter from Rothay Reynolds to Cuthbert Reynolds, 22 December 1939.

  525. ‘The things seen and heard…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 13.

  526. ‘Seriously deficient…’ The Appeasers, p. xii.

  527. ‘Certifiable lunatic’ Wells articles on 2 and 3 January 1939, mentioned in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 41.

  528. ‘The uncensored truth’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 47.

  529. ‘That is correct’ taken from Gedye’s entry in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

  530. Chamberlain playing golf, Twilight of Truth, p. 106.

  531. ‘The only real consolation…’ News Chronicle article on 16 March, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 252.

  532. ‘War was avoided last…’ Daily Mail, 13 March 1939.

  533. ‘The hushed and shaking…’ Daily Mail, 16 March 1939.

  534. ‘Hitler has killed Munich’ Daily Mail, 17 March 1939.

  535. ‘The whole crisis had…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 209.

  536. ‘With regard to the Jews…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 219.

  537. ‘Had I anticipated…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 227.

  538. ‘The whole general atmosphere…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 288.

  539. ‘It was a complete…’ Failure of a Mission, p. 241.

  540. Legal threat, The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 65.

  541. ‘Nearly every day…’ News Chronicle article on 10 July 1939, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–1939, p. 10.

  542. ‘If dictators would have…’ Chamberlain letter to his sister on 15 July 1939, quoted in The Appeasers, p. xiii.

  543. ‘Hitler has concluded…’ Chamberlain letter to his sister on 22 July 1939, quoted in The Appeasers, p. xiv.

  544. ‘I have been tied…’ letter from Rothay Reynolds to Muriel Reynolds, 15 November 1939.

  545. ‘The title of this book…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 5.

  546. ‘It was built around…’ The Reluctant Press Lord, p. 2.

  547. ‘All the young people…’ Some Memories of my Life, p. 24.

  548. ‘London is frightening…’ letter from Rothay Reynolds to Muriel Reynolds, 15 November 1939.

  549. ‘The best contribution…’ letter from Rothay Reynolds to Cuthbert Reynolds, 22 December 1939.

  550. ‘Extensive experience joined with…’ Daily Mail, 13 November 1939.

  551. ‘Now that the war…’ Melbourne Argus, 30 December 1939.

  552. ‘A heart-breaking book’ The Observer, 19 November 1939.

  553. ‘Its first-hand impressions…’ Manchester Guardian, 12 December 1939.

  554. ‘Bring home to the Englishman…’ The Spectator, 1 December 1939.

  555. ‘Wire-pulling politicians…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 129.

  556. ‘It is a struggle…’ Halifax Courier, 16 December 1939.

  557. ‘Turned out to be…’ Daily Telegraph, 2 March 1940.

  558. ‘Italy’s Heart is Not…’ Daily Telegraph, 2 March 1940.

  559. ‘Amongst journalists Reynolds was…’ The Tablet, 31 August 1940.

  560. ‘Divergent Reports on Brenner Talks’ Daily Telegraph, 19 March 1940.

  561. ‘I saw a lot of him…’ The Tablet, 24 August 1940.

  562. ‘A Vatican concert…’ The Tablet, 31 August 1940.

  563. ‘Mussolini declared war…’ Daily Telegraph, 15 June 1940.

  564. ‘I find Belgrade…’ Daily Telegraph, 21 June 1940.

  565. ‘The Russian ultimatum…’ Daily Telegraph, 2 July 1940.

  566. ‘You will stay at…’ Daily Telegraph, 15 July 1940.

  567. ‘The attitude of French…’ Daily Telegraph, 16 July 1940.

  568. ‘The beautiful city of…’ Daily Telegraph, 15 July 1940.

  569. ‘Apart from the critical…’ Extra-special Correspondent, p. 238.

  570. ‘The British are betraying…’ Trail Sinister, p. 367.

  571. ‘Alt! What d’yes think…’ Trail Sinister, p. 368.

  572. ‘The French debacle…’ Daily Telegraph, 15 July 1940.

  573. ‘The whole family…’ author’s interview with Herbert Kaden, 21 February 2015.

  574. ‘He knew all the…’ Catholic Herald, 23 August 1940.

  575. ‘Accounts of contemporary Germany…’ The Thirties.

  576. ‘When I went out…’ The British Press and Germany, 1936–39, p. 41.

  577. ‘I must send my story…’ The Last Chronicle of Bouverie Street, p. 73.

  578. ‘Alerted the world …’ Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 20 August 1981: http://bit.ly/2cw6AcB

  579. ‘Blesses and encourages…’ News Chronicle piece on 31 August 1937, quoted in The British Press and Germany, 1936–39, p. 33.

  580. ‘Together the Harmsworth…’ The Life and Death of the Press Barons, p. 114.

  581. ‘All the papers…’ Twilight of Truth, p. 183.

  582. ‘I shall put in…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 99.

  583. ‘Never have I been…’ When Freedom Shrieked, p. 317.

  584. ‘The poor old News Chronicle…’ Towards the End of the Morning, p. vii.

  INDEX

  Aitken, William Maxwell (Baron Beaverbrook) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  interference in newspaper content 1, 2, 3

  support for Express reporters 1, 2

  Albert, Frederick William Victor 1, 2

  Astor, Lady Nancy (Viscountess Astor) 1

  and ‘Cliveden Set’ 1, 2

  Attlee, Clement 1

  Baker, Aelred 1, 2

  Baldwin, Stanley 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 criticism of
press 1

  and East-Fulham by-election 1

  Ball, Sir Joseph 1, 2

  Barrington-Ward, Robin 1, 2 on staff opposition 1

  Bartlett, Vernon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Jewish boycott 1

  and Munich Agreement 1, 2, 3

  on Göring’s press threats 1

  Beaverbrook, Lord (see Aitken, William Maxwell)

  Beckett, Rupert 1

  Beneš, Edvard 1, 2

  Bennett, John Wheeler 1

  Berry, James, (Viscount Kemsley) 1, 2, 3 negotiates with Nazis 1

  Berry, William (Viscount Camrose) 1, 2 distance from British government 1

  Binchy, Daniel 1

  Bretherton, Paul 1

  Brooke, Rupert 1 death 1

  studies in Berlin 1

  Brown, Harrison 1

  Brüning, Heinrich 1, 2, 3, 4

  Camrose, Lord (see Berry, William)

  Cardozo, Harold 1

  Carlyle, Aelred 1

  Catholic Herald 1 Ronald Reynolds interview 1

  Chamberlain, Neville 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  and appeasement 1, 2, 3

  attitude to press 1, 2, 3, 4

  and Munich agreement 1, 2

  and rearmament 1, 2

  Churchill, Clementine 1

  Churchill, Sir Winston 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 support for Czechoslovakia 1, 2

  support for rearmament 1, 2, 3

  Collins, Arthur 1

  Colvin, Ian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Poland 1

  Cooper, Alfred Duff resignation 1

  Coote, Colin 1 on Dawson letter 1

  on Times coverage of Germany 1

  Crawford, Douglas 1, 2

  Crozier, William 1, 2 friction with Voigt 1, 2, 3

  support for Voigt 1, 2

  Cummings, A. J. 1 on Lord Rothermere 1

  Daily Express 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Delmer’s reports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  expulsion of Stephens 1

  Daily Herald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Labour Party 1, 2