WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Secret diary of Hitler’s English girlfriend. Revealed after 80 years, bombshell revelations about Fuhrer’s private life from Unity Mitford, aristocratic beauty who scandalised British society
Long-lost secret diaries of ‘Hitler’s English girlfriend’ have been revealed by the Mail today.
In a world-class coup, the leather-bound diary of aristocrat Unity Mitford reveals new insights into the dictator widely reviled as history’s most evil man – whom she worshiped.
Unity, one of the famous Mitford sisters, talked about the Nazi monster in her flowing handwriting – you can read the full incredible diary extracts exclusively on MailOnline by clicking here.
Decades after her diaries were lost to historians, their discovery by post will cause a worldwide sensation.
The young, upper-class beauty shook British society by fawning over Hitler and getting closer to him than any other Briton. She confided the secrets of their extraordinary liaisons to her daily diary for five years leading up to World War II.
This precious record has never been seen before, but now, in a world-exclusive version, the Mail can unveil it to the public for the first time. It will be showcased in a historical series in print, on MailOnline and through gripping podcast episodes debuting today, offering a treasure trove for historians.
The diaries are full of intimate and gruesome revelations about Hitler and the English woman who became his sycophantic confidante.
While plotting a global massacre, Hitler is said to have ‘acted like a 17-year-old’ around the 6ft tall, statuesque blonde beauty.
Adolf Hitler dines with Unity Mitford. Long-lost secret diaries of ‘Hitler’s English girlfriend’ have been revealed by the Mail today

In a coup for world publications, the aristocrat’s leather-bound diary reveals new insights into the dictator widely reviled as history’s most evil man – who she worshiped

All four episodes of the Daily Mail’s new podcast, Hitler’s English Girlfriend: The Secret Diary of Unity Mitford, have been released today
Celebrated historian Lord (Andrew) Roberts said: ‘It is extremely rare in modern times for the diaries of a well-known figure of the Nazi movement to be discovered and published, and the Daily Mail deserves to be congratulated on this remarkable first .’
It’s been 42 years since the infamous ‘Hitler diaries’ debacle, when German magazine publisher Stern and its British partner The Sunday Times were tricked into publishing magazines supposedly written by the Nazi leader and immediately exposed as daring forgeries .
The Mail has taken every precaution to ensure that the newly discovered Mitford book is not a hoax, and has commissioned painstaking testing by renowned experts in handwriting, ink and paper to prove its authenticity.
One of the world’s leading scholars on Unity, the historian and her biographer David Pryce-Jones, said: “I am convinced they are real.”
Unseen for eighty years, Unity’s diaries cover the period from 1935 to 1939 and chronicle 139 extraordinary encounters with Hitler, whose monstrous regime murdered six million Jews during the Holocaust. The Honorable Unity Mitford, a virulent Nazi worshipper, revered the despicable dictator whom she invariably referred to as “the Führer” or “He” and “him,” as if he were a god.
Also from today, an exclusive Mail podcast series explores Unity’s insights in depth, allowing listeners to make up their own minds about her scandalous life. Spanning four episodes, Hitler’s English Girlfriend: The Secret Diary of Unity Mitford delves into the chilling hatred of Jews she shared with Hitler.
So in love that she moved to Munich at the age of 20 to obsessively stalk the Nazi leader, she wormed her way into his twisted affections, causing Hitler’s lover Eva Braun to seethe with jealousy.
The black leather-bound diary, which measures 19 x 12 cm, reveals for the first time that Unity was almost certainly sexually active while associating with leading Nazis in Germany. This raises the tantalizing prospect of whether she had a sexual relationship with the Führer himself, who was 25 years her senior.
Her diaries reveal their growing passion for each other as Unity was embraced within the Nazi inner circle in the crucial months leading up to the war.
As her compatriots prepared for the ultimate sacrifice, the aristocratic girl – born in London but conceived in the Canadian town of Swastika – sat ringside in Germany.
The last entry in her diary dates from September 3, 1939, the day war was declared after Germany invaded Poland. Unity, 25, daughter of colleague Lord Redesdale, and whose mother was a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, was so distraught at the prospect of her homeland and her beloved Nazi Germany going to war with each other that she shot herself in the head in Munich’s English Garden Park. She failed to commit suicide, although she suffered brain damage and the bullet lodged in her skull. She returned to Britain, where she died in 1948 at the age of 33.
It’s only now – 86 years after she closed her leather diary for the last time – that the public can finally read Unity’s account of her encounters with Hitler, thanks to a painstaking Mail investigation involving a team of journalists led by Literary Editor . Sandra Parsons and editor-in-chief Richard Kay.
In fascinating detail, the diary describes how she went from an obsessed stalker of the world’s worst human being to his mesmerized confidante. And as this groundbreaking Mail series will reveal in the coming days, she didn’t seem to regret it for a moment. On February 9, 1935, when she first met Hitler when he summoned her to his restaurant table, she wrote: “The most beautiful day of my life.”
All four episodes of Hitler’s English Girlfriend: The Secret Diary of Unity Mitford are available now.