Despite all the charms of Downton Abbey, real-life aristocrats played a much darker role in the 1930s. With the British empire under threat and Bolshevism on the rise, many decided to support authoritarian and fascist regimes. Aristocratic women in particular were attracted to Mussolini and Horthy. Some fell in with Hitler and tried to negotiate peace well into 1940. Their long-hidden stories will be at the center of this Friends Talk by Karina Urbach, Visitor in the School of Historical Studies and author of Go-Betweens for Hitler (Oxford University Press, 2015).
(2015) Only with the Blitz did the royal family give up on peace with Hitler | Karina Urbach https://t.co/J7315qrizZ— Cassandra Cogno (@CassandraCogno) September 20, 2016
How Hitler used European aristocracy to clamber his way to power https://t.co/wf76Txz9ih via @MailOnline— Cassandra Cogno (@CassandraCogno) September 20, 2016
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