Trevor Grundy
Trevor Grundy (born 1940 in Brighton, England) is a journalist and author of the books Memoir of a Fascist Childhood[1] and Farmer at War.
Biography
Trevor Grundy was born in 1940 in Brighton and was raised with his sister in a family strictly loyal to Oswald Mosley's fascist movement, British Union of Fascists, whose members were called Blackshirts. His parents were fanatical fascists and anti-Semites. During the Second World War, Grundy's father was detained under Defence Regulation 18B.
Grundy grew up being indoctrinated into fascism, in a cult-like way, in a movement and dysfunctional family which worshipped the leader, Mosley, and turned the children into social outcasts. As a schoolboy, Trevor spoke up for Mosley to the consternation of his teachers. In his teenage years he was acquainted with Max Mosley, the younger son of Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley, and was deeply involved in the movement. Being close to the leaders of the movement and with a father belonging to the "old guard" of fascists, Trevor Grundy got to sell their magazines and help organize rallies and other activities.
A week after his 17th birthday Trevor addressed a crowd of several thousand in Trafalgar Square in favour of Mosley's post-war campaign for a United Europe.
As an adult, as disillusionment set in, Grundy travelled to Africa to work as a journalist. He renounced fascism, and many years later wrote his autobiography, describing what it was like growing up in the cult-like fascist movement.
In the book he reveals how he discovered late in life that his mother, who had always expressed anti-Semitic views, was actually Jewish herself. Grundy describes one incident in which he and his mother were trying to persuade people to vote for Mosley in post-war Britain; one person they visited began laughing: Grundy's mother "looked so Jewish" they thought she must be joking. His mother's seemingly schizophrenic stance in promoting anti-Semitism has sometimes been attributed to the effects of her own Jewish family forcing her into prostitution when younger. She converted to Christianity and eventually took her own life, so the reason why she adopted fascist ideals can only be speculation.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Goodenough, Elizabeth; Immel, Andrea (2008-05-18). Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War. Wayne State University Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-8143-3404-1. Retrieved 26 June 2011. Search this book on
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/books-blackshirts-at-home-1141905.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/aug/17/thefarright.uk
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4711975/Jew-fascist-mother.html
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