“The case was straightforward,” writes Rafael Behr approximately the trial and execution of William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw (Death penalty by drone strike is a challenge for liberal minds, or 9 September).
To the contrary,it was anything but. There was no doubt that Joyce was an extreme fascist and antisemite, for whom Mosley had been too moderate, and who had spent the war in Berlin broadcasting violent propaganda,although also fitting something of a figure of fun to the British people.
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Source: theguardian.com