Quotes from Frank McDonough

do not want another world war.'172 The mood was less upbeat in other quarters. Even the British ambassador Nevile Henderson, who had previously been quite admiring of Hitler, admitted to having the 'utmost misgivings' as to whether Hitler would honour the Munich Agreement.

The Czech crisis had drawn international attention away from the plight of the Jews during the latter part of 1938. Jews who wanted to leave Germany or Austria had to pay an exorbitant 'atonement tax', which left them with hardly any money.