John Amery - Revision history

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	'''John Amery''' (b. 14 March 1912 in Chelsea, London; d. 19 December 1945 in London) was a British [[fascist]] and later a collaborator with the [[National Socialists]]. In 1942, while in [[National Socialist Germany\|Germany]] during the [[World War II\|Second World War]], he proposed the formation of a British volunteer force made up from former prisoners of war to fight Soviet Communist forces. The idea became the [[British Free Corps]], a small [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts\|volunteer unit]] of the [[Waffen-SS]].		'''John Amery''' (b. 14 March 1912 in Chelsea, London; d. 19 December 1945 in London) was a British [[fascist]] and later a collaborator with the [[National Socialists]]. In 1942, while in [[National Socialist Germany\|Germany]] during the [[World War II\|Second World War]], he proposed the formation of a British volunteer force made up from former prisoners of war to fight Soviet Communist forces. The idea became the [[British Free Corps]], a small [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts\|volunteer unit]] of the [[Waffen-SS]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[File:Leopold Stennett Amery and his wife Florence.png\|thumb\|300px\|John's parents, [[Leopold Stennett Amery]] and his wife Florence]]		[[File:Leopold Stennett Amery and his wife Florence.png\|thumb\|300px\|John's parents, [[Leopold Stennett Amery]] and his wife Florence]]
	[[File:John Amery II.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|At 21 John Amery married Una Wing]]		[[File:John Amery II.png\|thumb\|300px\|At 21 John Amery married Una Wing]]
	[[File:Leaflet written by John Amery.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Leaflet written by John Amery]]		[[File:Leaflet written by John Amery.png\|thumb\|300px\|Leaflet written by John Amery]]
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Born in Chelsea, [[London]], John Amery was the elder of two children of British statesman [[Leo Amery]] (1873–1955), a member of parliament and later Conservative government minister, whose mother was a [[Hungarian]] [[jew]] who had converted to [[Protestantism]]. His younger brother, Julian (1919–1996), also became an MP and served in a Conservative government.		Born in Chelsea, [[London]], John Amery was the elder of two children of British statesman [[Leo Amery]] (1873–1955), a member of parliament and later Conservative government minister, whose mother was a [[Hungarian]] [[jew]] who had converted to [[Protestantism]]. His younger brother, Julian (1919–1996), also became an MP and served in a Conservative government.

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	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Born in Chelsea, [[London]], John Amery was the elder of two children of British statesman [[Leo Amery]] (1873–1955), a member of parliament and later Conservative government minister, whose mother was a [[Hungarian]] [[~~Jew~~]] who had converted to [[Protestantism]]. His younger brother, Julian (1919–1996), also became an MP and served in a Conservative government.		Born in Chelsea, [[London]], John Amery was the elder of two children of British statesman [[Leo Amery]] (1873–1955), a member of parliament and later Conservative government minister, whose mother was a [[Hungarian]] [[jew]] who had converted to [[Protestantism]]. His younger brother, Julian (1919–1996), also became an MP and served in a Conservative government.

	John strove to make his own way by embarking on a career in film production. Over a period, he set up a number of independent companies, all of which failed. He left [[Britain]] to live in [[France]] after going bankrupt in his early 20s in 1933 following a diamond deal in Athens which went wrong. In [[Paris]], he met the French fascist leader [[Jacques Doriot]], with whom he travelled to [[Austria]], [[Italy]], and [[Germany]] to witness the effects of [[fascism]] in those countries.		John strove to make his own way by embarking on a career in film production. Over a period, he set up a number of independent companies, all of which failed. He left [[Britain]] to live in [[France]] after going bankrupt in his early 20s in 1933 following a diamond deal in Athens which went wrong. In [[Paris]], he met the French fascist leader [[Jacques Doriot]], with whom he travelled to [[Austria]], [[Italy]], and [[Germany]] to witness the effects of [[fascism]] in those countries.
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	John Amery was the oldest son of Leopold "Leo" Charles Moritz (later changed to Maurice) Stennett Amery and his wife Florence "Bryddie", née Greenwood (1885–1975). His younger brother was Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh (1919–1996).		John Amery was the oldest son of Leopold "Leo" Charles Moritz (later changed to Maurice) Stennett Amery and his wife Florence "Bryddie", née Greenwood (1885–1975). His younger brother was Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh (1919–1996).

	His grandfather was Charles Frederick Amery (1833–1901), of Lustleigh, Devon, an officer in the Indian Forestry Commission, his grandmother, the linguist Elisabeth Johanna Leitner, née Saphir (c. 1841–1908), who was the sister of the orientalist Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840–1899), Leo's uncle (who had partly financed Leo's education), was of [[Hungarian]] [[~~Jewish~~]] descent.		His grandfather was Charles Frederick Amery (1833–1901), of Lustleigh, Devon, an officer in the Indian Forestry Commission, his grandmother, the linguist Elisabeth Johanna Leitner, née Saphir (c. 1841–1908), who was the sister of the orientalist Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840–1899), Leo's uncle (who had partly financed Leo's education), was of [[Hungarian]] [[jewish]] descent.

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