The following article gives an indication of how close Lord Rothermere was to Hitler and at what time. It certainly wasn't, as you suggest, "well before the war"
http://www.theguardian.com/media/200...%20body%20link
I dont think readers on this forum can claim that others are now accusing the Daily Mail of anti-semmitism. The fact that the articles author and deputy deditor are Jewish has absolutely no bearing on the proprieter Lord Rothermere, from over 50 years ago who may have had totally different beliefs.
This thread now seems to have "lost the plot". The reason i posted the picture of Rothermere and Hitler was to illustrate that the Mail has its own skeletons in the cupboard which perhaps it should remember before publishing such tripe.
Sadly there are plently of small minded Daily Mail readers only too happy to read and delight in this rubbish. Personally i think Miliband is justified in creating a fuss over the article.