Unity Mitford summered at the Berghof where she continued to discuss a possible German-British alliance with Hitler, going so far as to supply lists of potential supporters and enemies. At the 1939 Bayreuth Festival, Hitler warned Unity and her sister Diana that war with Britain was inevitable within weeks and they should return home. Diana returned to England, while Unity chose to remain in Germany, though her family sent pleas for her to come home. After Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 3 September 1939, Unity was distraught. Diana Mitford told an interviewer in 1999: "She told me that if there
Pamela (name) Pamela (name) Pamela is a feminine given name. Pamela is often abbreviated to Pam. Pamela is infrequently used as a surname. Sir Philip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia", written in the late 16th century and published posthumously. The name is widely taken to mean "all sweetness", formed on the Greek words παν "pan" ("all") and μέλι "meli" ("honey"), but there is no evidence regarding what meaning, if any, Sidney intended for it. The Samuel Richardson novel "Pamela" in 1740 or 1741 inaugurated the use of Pamela