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The Mass Observation archive was acquired by the University of Sussex in the 1970s. They have developed a website http://www.massobs.org.uk/index.htm However, if you want to access all of the material you will need to visit the University of Sussex. They have an arrangement with the commercial digitisation specialists Adam Matthews and a considerable amount of material is available online. This, however, requires a subscription, which I presume is expensive. Selections from the diaries of the participants have been published over the years. Recently, Simon Garfield has published two selections from MO diaries in a planned trilogy. They are Our Hidden Lives, which covers 1945 to 1948, from VE Day to the birth of the NHS and We Are At War which goes back to just before the war starts, and ends in October 1940. The Folio society published a selection called Mass Observation: Britain in the Second World War (2007). I had a quick look at my copy and the only mention of war criminals is on page(s) 266 and 275 though perhaps there are more under different entries. As these diaries were usually written by leftwing leaning middle class writers, I would not be surprised if the above is only a tip of the iceberg on what has been written. Dr Robert McNamara Lecturer in International History Room C017 School of History and International Affairs University of Ulster Coleraine campus Cromore Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA +44 (0)28 70324007 rm.mcnamara@ulster.ac.uk
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