Tag: Refugees Behind the scenesEducation in exile: Cataloguing Polish refugee education filesMonday 7 October 2024Read personal reflections from Polish refugees who came to Britain after the Second World...Records and researchRecords of Czechoslovakian refugees to the UK from 1939 to 1975Monday 18 December 2023These recently catalogued records tell remarkable stories of migration from Czechoslovakia to the UK....Records and researchMen of Harlech: The Secret CommandosThursday 3 August 2023A look at X Troop, formed of German-speaking, mostly Jewish refugees...Records and researchThe story of Edward Lees: Refugee, internee, soldierMonday 19 June 2023In 1934, 13-year-old Erhard Wilhelm Saar arrived in the UK fleeing Nazi Germany. By...Records and researchRoyal Patriotic School: Interrogation of civilians arriving in UK from abroadFriday 3 December 2021From May 1940 British officials started interviewing foreign nationals or refugees arriving at British...Records and researchA Magna Carta for refugeesWednesday 28 July 2021The 28th of July 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ 1951...Records and researchErnst and Anna Freud: A tale of two refugee siblingsWednesday 16 June 2021As part of International Refugee week, I would like to draw your attention to...Records and researchRefugee Week 2020: ‘We were the lucky few’Friday 19 June 2020Refugee Week (15-21 June) happens each year. It is a significant opportunity to hear...Records and researchThe displacement of Poles and their subsequent resettlement in the United Kingdom, 1939-1949Wednesday 17 June 2020A plethora of information exists in our collections on Poland and the plight of...Records and researchBritain and Assyrian refugees after the First World WarTuesday 16 June 2020This blog post is part one of three in our Refugee Stories series for...Records and researchInternment of enemy aliens in 1940: The fate of Italians resident in a Britain at warWednesday 10 June 2020Eighty years ago today, on Monday 10 June 1940, Benito Mussolini declared war on...Records and researchStateless history: connecting Palestinian archivesThursday 9 March 2017For the past two years I have been researching the history of the Palestinian... 1 2 »