A former Miss Hitler beauty pageant contestant who tried to recruit 15-year-old schoolgirls for banned far-right terror group National Action has been jailed alongside her Nazi ex-fiance. Alice Cutter, 23, was found guilty of belonging to the terrorist group alongside her former partner Mark Jones and neo-Nazi ‘diehards’ Garry Jack and Connor Scothern following a trial … Read more
A former Miss Hitler beauty pageant contestant and her Nazi ex-fiance have been jailed after being convicted of belonging to banned far-right terror group National Action. Alice Cutter, 23, was found guilty of membership of a terrorist group alongside her former partner Mark Jones and neo-Nazi ‘diehards’ Garry Jack and Connor Scothern following a retrial at … Read more
HISTORY LONDON 1945 by Maureen Waller (John Murray £12.99, 560pp) Twenty-four hours of manic rejoicing flanked at both ends by years of queuing and hardship: that’s the overwhelming impression given by Maureen Waller’s superbly well-researched and detailed portrait of London in 1945, reissued in paperback to commemorate today’s anniversary of VE Day. It really happened: … Read more
It was Britain’s biggest street party: when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945, people laid out trestle tables, danced in the streets, paddled in fountains and took part in tug of war races. Now, as the 75th anniversary approaches during lockdown Britain, Channel 4 producers have discovered rare footage of people … Read more
It was Britain’s biggest street party: when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945, people laid out trestle tables, danced in the streets, paddled in fountains and took part in tug of war races. Now, as the 75th anniversary approaches during lockdown Britain, Channel 4 producers have discovered rare footage of people … Read more
Unseen pictures of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi commanders which were collected by a bodyguard of Rudolf Hess have come to light. The photo albums were assembled between 1932 and 1938 by Ernest Zaske, a member of the SS who was on the personal staff of Hitler’s deputy Hess. The pictures include candid photos of … Read more
Miss Hitler beauty pageant entrant Alice Cutter and her ex-fiance Mark Jones have been convicted of being members of far-Right banned terror group National Action. Vegan neo-Nazi supporter Cutter, 23, denied being a part of the group, which was labelled a ‘racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation’ by then Home Secretary Amber Rudd when it was banned … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S LEGACY by Nicholas Milton (Pen & Sword £25, 279pp) The wheel had turned, and, in a matter of a few weeks, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had gone from the hero promising ‘peace in our time’ to the villain whose attempted appeasement of the rapacious Adolf Hitler had failed. He … Read more