England football team, Berlin 1938

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England football team, Berlin 1938
Stanley Matthews An FA official visited the
dressing room and instructed the players to give
the Nazi salute an order which caused everyone
of us to stop what we were doing and look up in
some alarm... it was pointed out that when the
British athletics team had given the eyes right
salute at the Olympic Games in 1936 many Germans
took it as a deliberate snub. So, much as the
boys hated this gesture towards Hitler we agreed
to abide by the decision of the FA... Whenever I
glance at that infamous picture... I feel
ashamed.
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Derby County, Munich 1934
George Collins We told the manager, George
Jobey, that we didnt want to do it. He spoke
with the directors, but they said that the
British ambassador insisted we must. He said the
Foreign Office were afraid of causing an
international incident if we refused. It would be
a snub to Hitler at a time when international
relations were so delicate. So we did what we
were told. All except our goalkeeper, Jack Kirby.
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British Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust
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Key questions

• The media
• In what ways did the media influence British
  attitudes towards Nazism and the Holocaust? Was
  it always a positive influence?
• Choices
• People who had the opportunity to do so, chose
  to help the Jews. Do you agree? What factors
  influenced their choices?
• Government action
• What did the British Government do in response to
  the Holocaust? Could it have done more?
• Fascism in Britain
• What factors attracted some people to Fascism?
  Can we learn anything from this?
• Protestors
• How did people protest against Fascism and the
  treatment of Jews in Europe? Were they
  successful?
• Remembrance
• How and why has Britain remembered the Holocaust?

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How would you characterise British responses to
Nazism and the Holocaust since 1933?