Exile Governments, Academics, and Activists in the Capital of Free Europe, 1940–1945
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...
We are back with another review of a series related to our research project. Like The London Moment, the series is about a very specific group of refugees – not heads of state, politicians,...
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...
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...
I am a PhD student at the Institute for Franconian Regional History at the Universities of Bamberg and Bayreuth and a member of the research project “The London Moment”. After completing my Bachelor’s degree...
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 summer holidays of 2020 are approaching, and the only thing that can be said with certainty is that they will look and be quite different: social distancing instead of crowded beaches, mandatory mask-wearing...
Last week, French president Macron declared we were “at war” with a virus. The rhetoric had been martial before – „fighting“ the virus, doctors „at the front“ against an invisible “enemy“ – but now,...
Opening Scene: A heated debate is raging in the British Parliament: Clement Attlee, head of the opposition Labour Party, explains to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain what he thinks of his appeasement policy and explains his condition for a coalition government: His condition is called Winston Churchill. (Not Lord Halifax, as favoured by the Conservatives.) Thus, Churchill is present in the film before he even appears for the first time.
He had no talent for playing the violin, but was full of promise with the paintbrush. But he was not allowed to make full use of it because of his mother’s fear that he...
„It is August 1939. Europe is still at peace“, a speaker introduces to the Ernst Lubitsch’s film „To be or not be“ from 1942. Life at Warsaw seemed to be peaceful and usual when...
Since I first went online to research the history of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) a few years ago, the party has given its website a thorough makeover. Much cleaner and containing a...
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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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