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39th year  -  N° 317                 Tuesday, 12 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Knocking on Heaven's Door
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Sunday 3rd of September 1939

85 years ago



25-year-old aristocratic socialite and devotee of Adolf Hitler Unity Mitford attempts to commit suicide by a shot in the head when she hears her lover declare war to the United Kingdom in Englischer Garten, München, Bayern, Germany.

Surviving the suicide attempt Mitford was hospitalised in München where she was visited by Hitler despite the on-going war. Hitler paid her bills and arranged for Mitford's return home.