Out of Austria - The Austrian Centre in London in World War II

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. It gives a fascinating insight into such figures as Sigmund Freud! who became the Centre’ s Honorary President during his final months and the poet Erich Fried! then an unknown seventeen-year-old and sheds light on the interaction of politics and culture against the background of exile in wartime Britain. Talking about the cultural and political life of Austrian refugees in Britain, this work assesses and evaluates the Austrian Centre's activities and achievements, while also examining the Austrians' often fraught relations with their British hosts. Zusammenfassung Talking about the cultural and political life of Austrian refugees in Britain, this work assesses and evaluates the Austrian Centre's activities and achievements, while also examining the Austrians' often fraught relations with their British hosts.

Product details

• Authors: Marietta Bearman, Marietta Brinson Bearman, Charmian Brinson, Charmian (Imperial College London Brinson, Richar Dove, Richard Dove, Richard (University of Greenwich Dove, Anthony Grenville, Jennifer Taylor
• Assisted by: Marietta Bearman (Editor), Charmian Brinson (Editor), Richard Dove (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2008
• EAN: 9781845114756
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-475-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History; International Library of Twent; International Library of Twent; International Library of Twentieth Century History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries