Thomas Graham’s Diary – 11th October 1939
On this date, Graham, and the rest of the country, were awaiting the response from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the recent approach of Hitler to the situation in Europe; […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 20th September 1939
As we move through September, Thomas is not impressed with Hitler’s latest speech. He remarks that the speech in Danzig was the ‘kind of speech an inky schoolboy might have […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 27th July 1939
This entry focuses primarily on Hermann Rauschning, the author of Graham’s latest read which warns of the dangers posed by Hitler and the Nazi party. Rauschning (1887-1982) was a German […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 26th May 1939
This entry focuses on British journalist and writer Sisley Huddleston who was critical of the actions of the government after World War One and advocated for the Pan-Europe manifesto presented […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 15th May 1939
This next entry begins with a change in pace and offers some light relief to the concerning global political picture. In events that will most likely be unfamiliar to readers […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 5th May 1939
Graham captures the omnipresent uncertainty and threats of the era as he opens this entry with the comment “the tension continues”. He focuses his attention this time to Martha Dodd […]
Thomas Graham’s diary – 28th April 1939
In this short diary entry, Thomas refers to a speech that Adolf Hitler gave to the German parliament or Reichstag on the 28th April 1928, this must have been publicised […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 17th and 18th April 1939
This short entry in Thomas Graham’s diary again refers to the attitude of the United States of America to the growing threat of war in Europe. Many of the people […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 13th April 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas Graham refers to the man who would become Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Thomas was a great supporter of Churchill and approved of his […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 9th & 10th April 1939
‘I simply could NOT read this book. It is like a peculiarly dull sermon’. In his next entry, Thomas spends his Easter weekend reading ‘Mein Kampf’. In 1925, Adolf Hitler […]