Hitler’s Aristocrats

Susan Ronald,acclaimed author of Hitler’s Art Thieftakes readers into the shadowy world of the aristocrats and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who secretly aided Hitler and Nazi Germany. Hitler saidΓÇ£I am convinced that propaganda is an essential means to achieve oneΓÇÖs aims.ΓÇ¥ Enlisting EuropeΓÇÖs aristocracyinternational industrialistsand the political elite in Britain and AmericaHitler spun a treacherous tale everyone wanted to believe: he was a man of peace. Central to his deception was an international high society Black WidowPrincess Stephanie Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsf├╝rstwhom Hitler called ΓÇ£his dear princess.ΓÇ¥ Sheand othersconspired for Hitler at the highest levels of the British aristocracy and spread their web to America’s wealthy powerbrokers. HitlerΓÇÖs aristocrats became his eyeslistening postsand mouthpieces in the drawing roomscocktail partiesand weekend retreats of Europe and America. Among these ΓÇ£gentlemen spiesΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£ladies of mysteryΓÇ¥ were the Duke and Duchess of WindsorLady Nancy AstorCharles Lindberghand two of the Mitford sisters. They were the trusted voices disseminating his political and cultural propaganda about the ΓÇ£New GermanyΓÇ¥ brushing aside the NazisΓÇÖ atrocities. Distrustful of his own Foreign MinistryHitler used his aristocrats to open the right doors in Great Britain and the United Statescreating a formidable fifth column within government and financial circles. In a tale of drama and intrigueHitlerΓÇÖs Aristocrats uncovers the battle between these influencers and those who heroically opposed them.