Exile Governments, Academics, and Activists in the Capital of Free Europe, 1940–1945
Thursday, 17th October, 10a.m.-1p.m. Thursday 17 October 2024, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CET Digital History of Wartime London Chair and Discussion: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen / Mirco Schönfeld Julia Eichenberg &Lea Levenhagen: Visualising Cooperation in Exile. Launch...
Venues of cooperation in exile of governments-in-exile, experts, and activists explained in a StoryMaps built on our ArcGIS Map – Zoom in to find our more! For a better resolution, you might want to...
Governments-in-exile, experts, and activists on an ArcGIS Map – Zoom in to find our more The microcosm of Allied London was filled with exiles: academic communities, legal, economic and financial experts, and anti-colonial activists....
As I delved into my doctoral project, I found myself frequently reflecting on the influence of London and its exilic infrastructure on shaping my research pursuits. While my conclusions continue to evolve, I have...
Examining financial and economic experts during the London Moment, as I intend to do in my dissertation project , is a challenging endeavor. During the time in exile, numerous working groups, committees, and panels...
In March 2023, I had the fantastic opportunity to spend a month conducting archival research in London with a scholarship from the German Historical Institute. As a follow-up to this research stay, I wrote...
Printing several tonnes of paper money in British exile, storing it there temporarily and shipping it back home after the end of the war – this may seem very bizarre at first. On closer...
With “mon cher ami” Paul van Zeeland, Belgian foreign politician, began a letter to the Polish political advisor Józef Retinger in 1946, in which he proposed an initial meeting to establish an association for...
The outbreak of the Second World War posed a problem to the British government regarding their colonial population. On one hand, Britain needed the support from its colonies for the war effort, in the...
by Finlay McCracken One of our goals of the London Moment project is to observe the interactions between various governments groups (governments-in-exile, academics, activists, and others) cooperating in London during the Second World War. ...
During the “London Moment”, the central banks of the occupied countries were essential[1]: on one hand, they helped the national governments-in-exile to achieve financial security, on the other, they facilitated the exchange of knowledge...
The Jamaican physician Harold Moody was a passionate campaigner against racial discrimination in London in the 1930s and 1940s. His politization, which eventually led to the foundation of the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) in 1931, is best explained by two reasons: Firstly, the constant struggle in face of the “colour bar”, and second his strong Christian faith. From its foundation until his death in 1947, Moody led the LCP, one of the most prominent Black political groups campaigning against racial discrimination in London at the time.
On June 25, 1940, the last formal president of the Second Spanish Republic, Juan Negrín López, arrived at the shores of Milford Haven in Wales. His destination was the city of London, the capital...
Among British criminologists, Leon Radzinowicz is considered one of the founding fathers of the discipline. In 1959, he became the first Wolfson Professor of Criminology and founding Director of the newly established Institute of...
The history of governments-in-exile residing in London during the Second World War often includes the fate of European monarchs being forced to flee their countries and finding themselves in unaccustomed circumstances. One rather tragic...
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"Capital of Europe" is a blog following the Freigeist research project "The London Moment. Transnational Collaboration of Governments-in-exile during the Second World War and its Impact on European History". The project, coordinated by Dr. Julia Eichenberg, the Principle Investigator, is based at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung.
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