The British Pro-German Organisation The Link on the Eve of The World War II.

This article analyses the British pro-German organisation The Link, which was established by Sir Barry Domvile in 1937. The organisation officially profiled itself as a non-political, independent movement, which strove to promote friendly relations between Great Britain and Germany, which it considered to be an essential condition for maintaining peace. Over four thousand members joined The Link during its two years of existence. This article questions to what degree individual members of the organisation identified with the Nazi and anti-Semitic ideology present in Germany at the time and to what degree the Nazis used The Link to promote their world opinion. It also analyses the position assumed by official British bodies towards this organisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]