Opposed to Adolf Hitler, Lorant was imprisoned 13 March 1933, six weeks after Hitler came to power. Released 25 September 1933, he made his way to England (via Paris), where he published "I Was Hitler's Prisoner", a memoir that sold out many printings. He edited the "Weekly Illustrated", a popular British picture magazine, then founded Lilliput, made famous by his clever picture juxtapositions, as in Neville Chamberlain versus the llama. On October 1, 1938, Lorant co-founded with publisher Sir Edward G. Hulton the first great British picture magazine, "Picture Post". During this time, Lorant published a "Picture Post Special" about the United States.