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<p>Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British <a href="/facts/Fascist/EhQWcPsE">fascist</a> and <a href="/facts/Socialite/nEUSzAqV">socialite</a> and member of the <a href="/facts/Mitford_family/FgdFteYQ">Mitford family</a> known for her relationship with <a href="/facts/Adolf_Hitler/3zyXG1L8">Adolf Hitler</a>. Both in the United Kingdom and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of <a href="/facts/Nazism/JjsMI4lE">Nazism</a>, <a href="/facts/Fascism/EhQWcPsE">fascism</a> and <a href="/facts/Antisemitism/kUpfFkqx">antisemitism</a>, and belonged to Hitler's inner circle of friends. 
</p><p>When <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_declaration_of_war_on_Germany_(1939)/YxmlhBwq">the United Kingdom declared war on Germany</a> she attempted <a href="/facts/Suicide/j92cWcay">suicide</a> in Munich by shooting herself in the head, surviving, but with extensive brain damage. She returned to England but never recovered, ultimately dying from consequences of the wound.
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