| Description | Letters from Shuckburgh to his parents, Sir John and Lady Lilian Shuckburgh, written from Germany and Austria. /2 discusses his doubts about choosing a career in diplomacy, 1931; /3 comments on the political situation in Germany, giving views on Hitler: 'Hitler is not nearly such a danger as we make out abroad' and anti-Jewish propaganda: 'I very much disapprove of the anti-Jewish propaganda. Anti-Semitism is the lowest political weapon', 1931; /5 is written from Geneva, probably during a League of Nations meeting, and describes 'a most fatuous debate on 'the status of women' and social life in Geneva, 1935.
The folder containing these letters is labelled 'Letters worth quoting', which suggests that Shuckburgh meant to use them for his autobiography. |