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Appeasing Germany: Raymond Beazley and his Contribution to the Debate in Britain During the Interwar Years

Appeasing Germany: Raymond Beazley and his Contribution to the Debate in Britain During the... Sasha Bolot Appeasing Germany Raymond Beazley and his Contribution to the Debate in Britain During the Interwar Years In March 1937, Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to the Court of St James, made a substantial donation on behalf of his government to the Insti- tute of Historical Research (IHR). Hailed for its size and significance by The Times as, “Germany’s Gift to London”, the endowment consisted of not only rare histor- ical periodicals such as Monumenta Germaniae Historica, the writings of Freder- ick the Great, Bismark and Moltke, but also included Mein Kampf and the writing of other leading Nazi figures. Embassies often contributed books of national im- portance to libraries but numbering two thousand six hundred volumes, this col- lection was unusually large. Pointedly, it also outshone that of two hundred works given the previous year to the “All People’s Association” by Ribbentrop’s predecessor and rival, Leopold von Hösch. Speaking at the reception to celebrate the arrival of the books, Ribbentrop addressed his audience which included sen- ior members of British academia, representatives of the British and German press corps, as well as those more broadly interested in Anglo-German relations. He proclaimed that the gift was intended to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angermion de Gruyter

Appeasing Germany: Raymond Beazley and his Contribution to the Debate in Britain During the Interwar Years

Bolot, Sasha
Angermion , Volume 15 (1): 20 – Nov 21, 2022
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Sasha Bolot Appeasing Germany Raymond Beazley and his Contribution to the Debate in Britain During the Interwar Years In March 1937, Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to the Court of St James, made a substantial donation on behalf of his government to the Insti- tute of Historical Research (IHR). Hailed for its size and significance by The Times as, “Germany’s Gift to London”, the endowment consisted of not only rare histor- ical periodicals such as Monumenta Germaniae Historica, the writings of Freder- ick the Great, Bismark and Moltke, but also included Mein Kampf and the writing of other leading Nazi figures. Embassies often contributed books of national im- portance to libraries but numbering two thousand six hundred volumes, this col- lection was unusually large. Pointedly, it also outshone that of two hundred works given the previous year to the “All People’s Association” by Ribbentrop’s predecessor and rival, Leopold von Hösch. Speaking at the reception to celebrate the arrival of the books, Ribbentrop addressed his audience which included sen- ior members of British academia, representatives of the British and German press corps, as well as those more broadly interested in Anglo-German relations. He proclaimed that the gift was intended to

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Published: Nov 21, 2022

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