Anglo-German Fellowship
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The Anglo-German Fellowship was founded in London in September 1935, by the English merchant banker Ernest Tennant, who was also a friend of Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to Britain.[1]
The organisation was aimed at the influential in society, and the membership was dominated by businessmen keen to promote commercial links. Members included Bank of England director Frank Cyril Tiarks, Admiral Sir Barry Domvile, Admiral Sir Murray Sueter, Prince von Bismarck, Governor of the Bank of England Montague Norman, and Hjalmar Schacht.[citation needed] It's sister organization in Berlin, Germany, was the Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft.[2]
However the organisation had a pro-Nazi leaning, as well as a number of fascist members, and was infiltrated by British (KGB) spies Guy Burgess and Kim Philby.
Lord Mount Temple, chairman of the AGF, resigned in November 1938, because of the treatment of the German Jews by the National Socialists.[3]
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- ^ Douglas-Hamilton, James (1970). "Ribbentrop and War". Journal of Contemporary History 5 (4): 45-63.
- ^ Waddington, G. T. (1997). "'An idyllic and unruffled atmosphere of complete Anglo-German misunderstanding': Aspects of the Operations of the Dienststelle Ribbentrop in Great Britain, 1934-1938". History 82 (265): 44–72.
- ^ "German Treatment of Jews", The Times, 1938-11-19, p. 7. "I was resigning from the chairmanship because of the treatment of the Jews in Germany and the attitude of the Germans towards the Catholic and Lutheran communities."
