Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies

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Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies

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Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies

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The work of the Centre focuses on the history of German-speaking emigrés who found refuge in Britain, their personal recollections and experiences, their reception in British society, and their enrichment of the life of their new country of residence in such varied spheres as the professions, industry and commerce, literature, art and culture, politics, publishing, the media, and the world of leisure and entertainment. The concept of German-speaking exile extends to those who came from the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and other European countries, as well as Germany and Austria.

‘A Light in Dark Times’, an online exhibition tracing the history of the Austrian Centre in London and the Laterndl [Little Lantern] theatre, which played to audiences from 1939 to 1945.

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This item was submitted on September 8, 2025 by Kat Hubschmann using the form “Organisation” on the site “History Day”: https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-day-discover-collections