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Winston Churchill’s Lifelong Friendship with the Jewish People
In August 1932, about six months before Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, Winston Churchill found himself in Munich for research on his biography of his grand ancestor, the First Duke of Marlborough.
- Andreas Koureas
- The National Interest
At his hotel, he bumped into Hitler’s press secretary, Ernst Hanfstaengl, who suggested a meeting between the two—given that Hitler visited the hotel daily at 5 pm.
Churchill’s response was blunt and straightforward: he would meet the…