Europe in Exile : : European Exile Communities in Britain 1940-45 /

Europe in Exile : : European Exile Communities in Britain 1940-45 / / ed. by Martin Conway, José Gotovitch.

During World War II, London was transformed into a European city, as it unexpectedly became a place of refuge for many thousands of European citizens who through choice or the accidents of war found themselves seeking refuge in Britain from the military campaigns on the Continent of Europe. In this...

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MitwirkendeR:
Atkin, Nicholas,
Balthazar, Herman,
Barnouw, N. David J.,
Bellefroid, Diane de,
Brown, Alan,
Buck, Matthew,
Conway, Martin,
De Vos, Luc,
Deloge, Pascal,
Garcia, Luis Angel Bernardo y,
Gotovitch, José,
Holmes, Colin,
Laureys, Eric,
Mann, Chris,
Raes, Françoise,
Stengers, Jean,
Zamojski, Jan E.,
HerausgeberIn:
Conway, Martin,
Gotovitch, José,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Pre-histories
  • 1. British Government Policy Towards Wartime Refugees
  • 2. Pre-War Belgian Attitudes to Britain: Anglophilia and Anglophobia
  • Part Two: The Belgian Example
  • 3. Belgian Society in Exile: An Attempt at a Synthesis
  • 4. Female Belgian Refugees in Britain during the Second World War: An Oral History
  • 5. The Reconstruction of Belgian Military Forces in Britain, 1940–1945
  • 6. Belgian Military Plans for the Post-War Period
  • 7. The Commission pour l’Etude des Problèmes d’Après-Guerre (CEPAG) 1941–1944
  • 8. The Staff of the High Commissariat for National Security: A Socio-Professional Profile
  • Part Three: The European Dimension
  • 9. The Norwegian Armed Forces in Britain
  • 10. The Czechoslovak Armed Forces in Britain, 1940-1945
  • 11. The Social History of Polish Exile (1939-1945). The Exile State and the Clandestine State: Society, Problems and Reflections
  • 12. France in Exile: The French Community in Britain, 1940–1944
  • 13. Dutch Exiles in London
  • 14. The Socialist Internationale: Society or Counter-Society?
  • 15. Legacies of Exile: The Exile Governments in London during the Second World War and the Politics of Post-war Europe
  • Index

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