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Sir Oswald Mosley

Left: 'British Fascism After the Holocaust,' by Dr. Joe Mulhall (Courtesy); Center: Holocaust denier David Irving (CC-BY-SA 3.0/ Allan Warren); Top right: Holocaust denier and former KKK leader David Duke (AP/Burt Steel); Bottom right: British fascist Oswald Mosley (AP photo/Bead)
March 20, 2021, 9:26 am
Holocaust denial was already taking root in Britain during WWII, says UK author
Dr. Joe Mulhall, author of ‘British Fascism After the Holocaust,’ claims his country’s Nazi sympathizers created the ‘blueprint’ for today’s anti-Semitic historical revisionists
By Robert Philpot
January 6, 1932 cover of The Sketch featuring (Clockwise from top left) Unity, Jessica, Diana and Nancy Mitford (Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
January 16, 2021, 10:50 am
Downton Abbey author’s new mystery stars real-life Hitler-loving Mitford sisters
Jessica Fellowes sets whodunnits in 1930s, with series’ latest two books highlighting the unrepentantly fascist Lady Diana Mosley and troubled Hitler hanger-on Unity Mitford
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: An irate spectator attacks a drummer of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley during a march through Manchester, England on July 29, 1962. Rocks and tomatoes were hurtled towards some 40 marchers before they were physically attacked by the crowd. (AP Photo)
December 15, 2019, 10:40 am
When Jewish WWII vets pulverized postwar UK fascists to tamp down rising racism
Daniel Sonabend’s book ‘We Fight Fascists’ charts the rise of the 43 Group, which fought Oswald Mosley and others with fisticuffs, showing Jews would not accept post-WWII bigotry
By Robert Philpot
Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, inspects the ranks of blackshirts, in East London, on October 4, 1936. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam/Staff)
March 15, 2019, 9:48 pm
New Zealand killer says his role model was Nazi-allied British fascist
Brenton Tarrant cites Oswald Mosley as main influence in manifesto published before slaying 49 at pair of mosques, says he’s not an anti-Semite so long as Jews live in Israel
By Ron Kampeas
A woman fascist, center, being arrested at the Fascist headquarters in London on May 23, 1940. (AP Photo)
September 17, 2018, 12:59 pm
The men and women who plotted to stab Britain in the back during WWII
Tim Tate’s new book details the spying, sabotage and conspiracies of Fifth Columnists who worked in wartime UK to help see Hitler’s troops ‘goose-step down Whitehall’
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: The start of the procession of the British Union of Fascists leaving Islip Street in Kentish Town, London, en route to Trafalgar Square, London, England July 4, 1937. Sir Oswald Mosley is seen in light suit, center of three marchers, immediately in front of the fascist banner. (AP Photo)
September 15, 2018, 6:21 am
The true history behind London’s much-lauded anti-fascist Battle of Cable Street
The location of a legendary brawl where a unified front of Brits fought on behalf of Jews to stop Fascism is honored as a heritage site — and widely used for political cachet
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative. From left to right: Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Ciano pictured before signing the Munich Agreement, which gave the Sudetenland to Germany. (photo credit: German Federal Archives / Wikipedia)
August 5, 2018, 11:05 pm
How Britain’s Nazi-loving press baron made the case for Hitler
The Daily Mail was once the country’s highest selling newspaper, but owner Lord Rothermere was more concerned with ‘Bolshevik troublemakers’ than an impending genocide
By Robert Philpot
Edward VIII walks by an SS formation on a trip to Germany. (Bundesarchiv bild)
January 29, 2018, 6:48 pm
Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ paints Edward VIII as Nazi sympathizer — but was he?
The UK show pulls from once top-secret Marburg Files to portray a former monarch with suspicious loyalties to all but his wife
By Robert Philpot
Oswald Mosley walks by fascist Blackshirts in salute, circa 1936. (CC-SA 4.0/ Felipe cuesta)
October 24, 2017, 8:05 pm
Britain’s near-brush with Fascism: The politician who rooted for Hitler
Hailing from an old landed family, Sir Oswald Mosley serves as a study in the failure of the far right to garner support in Britain during the interwar years — and a warning
By Robert Philpot
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