Unearthed: Appeaser Neville Chamberlain praised Hitler Youth

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New evidence of just how far former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had fallen for Germany’s Adolf Hitler has been unearthed in a 1938 letter written to the German Youth Movement praising their leadership and symbolism.

“All the hopes of Germany are set upon you; to your care is committed your national heritage and traditions, your national honour and your national prosperity. All this is entrusted to you for safe keeping, and I am confident that you will prove worthy of the trust,” Chamberlain wrote on 10 Downing Street, Whitehall stationery.

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