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UNITY MITFORD'S OBSESSION WITH HITLER

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The haunted look of tragic Unity Mitford Unity Mitford with Adolph Hitler at his home in Berlin This is the tragic tale of an eccentric aristocrat, and English party-girl, her love of Nazi Germany, Hitler in particular, and her eventual retreat after a failed suicide attempt, to Mitford Island, where she retained some incredible wartime memorabilia, complete with its associated dark memories. Exclusive archive story by Don Hale Unity's family home in Scotland on Inche Kenneth - better known to the locals as Mitford Island Within the walls of a cold bleak tower house marooned on the shores of a remote Scottish island, the crackling sounds of provocative Nazi speeches and deafeningly powerful boot stomping German military marches could still be heard playing on an old phonograph. As if completely frozen in time, a large pile of 1930’s LP’s, rare pre-war souvenirs and personal artefacts remain stacked in the lounge and throughout the home once owned by the eccentric and controversial