Mark Lennox

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By mid-1937 the number of British Nazi supporters had already diminished significantly, but of those now remaining, none was more fervent than Pitt-Rivers. The Anschluss, in his view, was a splendid achievement. On returning from one of his many trips to Germany, he wrote to congratulate the Führer: ‘Allow me, an old British officer and sincere friend of Germany … to express my sentiments of profound thankfulness that the Anschluss with Austria has been accomplished under your leadership without bloodshed and with the rejoicing of all the German and Austrian peoples.’
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People
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