English socialite best known as a devotee of Adolf Hitler
The Honourable
Unity Mitford
1937 portrait by Bassano Ltd.
Born
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford
(1914-08-08)8 August 1914
London, England, United Kingdom
Died
28 May 1948(1948-05-28) (aged 33)
Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cause of death
Meningitis caused by a bullet which remained in her brain after self-inflicted gunshot
Resting place
Swinbrook Churchyard
Parent(s)
David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale Sydney Bowles
Relatives
See Mitford family
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite known for her relationship with Adolf Hitler. Both in Great Britain and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of Nazism, fascism and antisemitism, and belonged to Hitler's inner circle of friends. After the declaration of World War II, she attempted suicide in Munich by shooting herself in the head. She survived but was badly injured. She was allowed safe passage back to England but never recovered from the extensive brain damage; she later died from meningitis related to the bullet lodged in her head.
Mitford was a member of the Mitford family, all of whom achieved fame and/or notoriety.
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite known for her relationship with Adolf Hitler. Both in Great Britain...
The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland. Several heads of the family served...
Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973) was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters, she...
"Did UnityMitford have Adolf Hitler's love child?". The Times. London. Retrieved 19 August 2022. Bright, Martin (13 December 2007). "UnityMitford and...
Baron Redesdale, Lady Mosley, Nancy Mitford, and UnityMitford are buried in the churchyard, while Pamela Mitford is buried in the northwest of the tower...
Diana, Lady Mosley (née Mitford; 17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003), known as Diana Guinness between 1929 and 1936, was a British aristocrat, fascist, writer...
Hanfstaengl and was an acquaintance of Adolf Hitler. She also befriended UnityMitford, who lived with Erna for a period. Hitler may have been romantically...
Nancy Mitford. A roman à clef, it is notable for lampooning British fascism, specifically political enthusiasms of Mitford's sisters UnityMitford and Diana...
Nancy and Tom. Nancy, Unity, Jessica and Diana Mitford. Rear view of Asthall Manor, the Mitford family home At the age of 19, Mitford fell in love with her...
Alexander, Alex (2005). In De Ban Van Hitler: Maria Reiter, Geli Raubal, UnityMitford, Eva Braun (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Elmar. ISBN 978-90-389-1547-0. Gun...
Alexander, Alex (2005). In de ban van Hitler: Maria Reiter, Geli Raubal, UnityMitford, Eva Braun (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Elmar. ISBN 978-90-389-1547-0. Hayman...
accompanied UnityMitford to see her sister Diana. Mosley agreed to be present because he mistakenly believed that it was Lady Redesdale, Diana and Unity's mother...
and poet Unity Dow (born 1959), judge, activist, writer and Government minister from Botswana Unity Phelan, American ballet dancer UnityMitford (1914–1948)...
school for six months. While there she was introduced to Adolf Hitler by UnityMitford. She subsequently went to Paris, taking some classes at the Sorbonne...
Hanfstaengl fell completely out of Hitler's favour after he was denounced by UnityMitford, a close friend of both the Hanfstaengls and Hitler. In 1937, Hanfstaengl...
sympathiser UnityMitford. Byron knew her through his friendship with her sister Nancy Mitford, but he was an outspoken opponent of the Nazis. Nancy Mitford hoped...
the 1981 BBC Playhouse production, Unity, her character Fraulein Baum, who is denounced as a Jew by UnityMitford (Lesley-Anne Down), was close to her...
Mitford (Lady Mosley, after her marriage to Sir Oswald Mosley in 1936) UnityMitford was an associate of Hitler. Tommy Moran was a BUF leader in Derby and...
including Diana Mosley. After her release, Norah and Dudley Elam escorted UnityMitford to see Diana and Oswald Mosley in Holloway on 18 March 1943. Elam had...
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