Tag: Second World War Records and researchWhat happened to refugees and Displaced Persons after the Holocaust?Friday 27 January 2017What happened to the millions of people liberated from camps and ghettos across Nazi-occupied...Records and researchGarbo: the story behind Britain’s greatest Double Cross agentWednesday 28 September 2016Explore the story of spy Juan Pujol Garcia, codenamed Garbo, one of Britain’s most...Records and researchShot at the TowerMonday 15 August 201675 years ago Josef Jakobs was shot by firing squad - the last person...Records and researchLászló von Almásy: the real ‘English patient’Friday 22 July 2016Some of the true stories behind 'The English Patient' are much more entertaining than...Records and researchFood for thought? Rationing and the Second World WarMonday 11 July 2016Food reveals much about the society in which it is consumed, so bringing food...Records and researchDigging, damage and display: wartime archaeology in LibyaMonday 13 June 2016British military personnel were very interested in the ancient history of Libya – soldiers...Records and researchHow were British victims of Nazi persecution compensated?Thursday 31 March 2016In 1964, the West German state agreed to provide the British government with £1...Records and researchThe Women’s Land Army in eight documentsThursday 24 March 2016We have a vast collection of documents about the Women’s Land Army, including a...Behind the scenesLand girls, Spitfire girls and spies: women in warTuesday 1 March 2016I have always been amazed at the courage of women who served in the...Records and researchBombing with bank notesMonday 15 February 2016The Nazi war machine printed millions of pounds of forged British bank notes ...Records and research‘Death by hanging’: the Nuremberg TrialsFriday 20 November 2015‘Nicht schuldig.’ (Not guilty.) These two German words pronounced somewhat defiantly, and almost flippantly,...Records and researchCoventry ‘Can Take It’: surviving the BlitzFriday 13 November 2015Shortly before the bombing raid on Coventry in October 1940, the film London Can... « 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 13 »