Gareth Jones
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Gareth Jones' Newspaper ArticlesfromGermanyDescribing the Rise of the Dictator, Adolph Hitler.(1931-34)Gareth Jones’s articles were written and published following his visits to Germany in February and June 1933 and in August 1934 mainly, in The Western Mail. He appeared to have great affection for the country and the people of that nation. He had visited Germany yearly from 1923 and with his command of the German language, he, of any British man was in a position to comment on the momentous political events that were unfolding before him. He witnessed during these visits, the rise of National Socialism occurring in the country and the adulation and worship of Adolph Hitler. Though employed by David Lloyd George, signatory of the Treaty of Versailles, the former Prime Minister did not appear to influence him in his opinions. Despite this, the great man must have influenced Gareth’s understanding of the situation. On his first visit in 1922, the German Mark had become worthless and he travelled through the country very cheaply. He witnessed the temporary improvement of German finances in the late twenties only to see, in the early thirties at the time of the Great Depression, the plight of the 6,000,000 unemployed. He saw the failure of German Democracy: he understood the reason for the German’s bitterness as a consequence of the Treaty and the fact that there had been no revision of this Treaty after more than a decade. The Germans resented the fact that they had loss territory to the east and west of their country as well as their colonies. He interviewed in 1931 Dr.Curtius, German Foreign Minister who spoke bitterly about the Polish Corridor controversy. [As early as July 1931, in an article for The Contemporary Review, Gareth foresaw the secret addendum to the August 1939 Molotov-Ribbontrop Pact in which Germany and Russia agreed to carve up Poland. CLICK HERE for a transcript of this article.] The Foreign Minister was hostile towards the Poles and blamed President Wilson. He understood not only that the repayment by the Germans of the reparations demanded of them after the peace agreement but also that the United States demand for settlement of the War debts was the main cause of the Depression throughout the World. He appreciated the legacy of the acrimonious Treaty of Versailles, which the Germans had been forced to accept, was a humiliation to a proud nation. He realised he was seeing the rise of the dictatorship of Adolph Hitler and predicted with gloomy foreboding an impending Second World War. This was before his tragic death on August 12th 1935 in China. His final words in the first series of articles were: “The Europe of 1933 has seen the birth of the Hitler dictatorship in Germany. What will it see in the Soviet Union?”
Gareth visited Germany on three occasions during 1933 and 1934. His articles fall into three sections and there is a further section of miscellaneous writings.
Nazi Germany in February 1933.The following 12 articles appeared as a series in The Western Mail throughout February 1933, entitled: 'A Welshman looks at Europe': CLICK HERE for images of Gareth's diary covering his notes of flying with Hitler (describing him as like a middle-class grocer and Goebbels as a South Wales Miner), attending a Nazi Rally and then dining privately with Goebbels.
On Thursday Mr. Gareth Jones is to fly with Hitler, the German Chancellor, from Frankfurt to attend a Nazi meeting. This was the first time Hitler had invited a foreign observer to fly with him since he became Chancellor.Emotion of National Eisteddfod at Political Meeting. "The Europe of 1933 has seen the birth the Hitler dictatorship in Germany. What will it see in the Soviet Union?"
Additional Articles
Gareth visited Germany again in June 1933.The following series of articles were entitled "Germany Under Hitler" and printed in The Western Mail in June 1933:
Two further articles were printed in The Western Mail shortly after the above series:
Third series of articles written in The Western Mail shortly after the murder of Roehm and Dollfuss in July and August 1934:
Finally here is a link to one of Gareth's New York American Articles relating to Germany in 1931: (With special thanks to Dr. Alun Jones for researching and chronologically listing all of Gareth's published articles.) For further background articles on Nazi Germany, please visit Spartacus School Net |
Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany. |
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