Marietta Bearman

Out of Austria

The Austrian Centre in London in World War II

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The Austrian Centre was established in London in 1939 by Austrians seeking refuge from Nazi Germany, of whom 30,000 had reached Britain by the outbreak of World War II. It soon developed into a comprehensive social, cultural and political organisation with a theatre and a weekly newspaper of its own. A Communist-influenced organisation, it also followed a distinct political agenda. In the first book on the cultural and political life of Austrian refugees in Britain, 'Out of Austria' assesses and evaluates the Austrian Centre’ s activities and achievements, while also examining the Austrians’ often fraught relations with their British hosts. I… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Brinson, Charmian / Dove, Richard / Grenville, Anthony / Taylor, Jennifer

ISBN: 978-1-84511-475-6
EAN: 9781845114756
Produktnummer: 2911872
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.8 cm 477 g
Abbildungen: Illustrations
Gewicht: 477

Über den Autor

Marietta Bearman, Charmian Brinson, Richard Dove, Anthony Grenville and Jennifer Taylor have all published extensively in the field of German-speaking exile in Britain and are members of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies.