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[[Neville Chamberlain]]’s [[appeasement]] policy was supported by the ''Daily Mail'' until after the [[Munich Agreement]], but the newspaper changed its stance after the Nazi invasion of [[Poland]] in 1939. This change of attitude may have been influenced by Chamberlain’s threat to close them down.
[[Neville Chamberlain]]’s [[appeasement]] policy was supported by the ''Daily Mail'' until after the [[Munich Agreement]], but the newspaper changed its stance after the Nazi invasion of [[Poland]] in 1939. This change of attitude may have been influenced by Chamberlain’s threat to close them down.
The Mail's attitude needs to be seen in the context of prevalent positive or tolerant attitudes towards Hitler in the 1930s. As later as Saturday 29 February 1936, the Daily Mirror, a socialist newspaper, featured an exclusive personal interview with Hitler on its front page. It had a large picture of the Fuhrer making the Nazi salute and the headline "Hitler's Let's Be Friends" Plea To the World". It described him as a "Man of the People" and "Man of Destiny", and allowed him to put his own case at length, claiming to be a "Man of Peace". <ref>Daily Mirror, Saturday 29 February 1936.</ref>
Hitler was seen as the leader who had done most to solve Germany's economic woes and overcome unemployment, Among those who went from England to meet Hitler in the pre-war period were not only Lord Rothermere but also George Lansbury, the Labour Party leader, and Lloyd George, the veteran Liberal leader, who was photographed shaking Hitler's hand.
==Support for euthanasia==
==Support for euthanasia==