Europe in Exile

European Exile Communities in Britain 1940-45

Martin Conway, José Gotovitch

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9781571815033, 9781571817594
• eBook ISBN: 9781782389910
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

During World War II, London was transformed into a European city, as it unexpectedly became a place of refuge for many thousands of European citizens who through choice or the accidents of war found themselves seeking refuge in Britain from the military campaigns on the Continent of Europe. In this volume, an international team of historians consider the exile groups from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia, analysing not merely the relations between the plethora of exile regimes and the British government in terms of its military and social dimensions but also the legacy of this period of exile for the politics of post-war Europe. Particular attention is paid to the Belgian exiles, the most numerous exile population in Britain during World War II.

Table of contents

• EUROPE IN EXILE
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• BRITISH GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDSWARTIME REFUGEES
• PRE-WAR BELGIAN ATTITUDES TOBRITAIN: ANGLOPHILIA ANDANGLOPHOBIA*
• 3BELGIAN SOCIETY IN EXILE:AN ATTEMPT AT A SYNTHESIS
• FEMALE BELGIAN REFUGEES IN BRITAINDURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR:AN ORAL HISTORY
• THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BELGIANMILITARY FORCES IN BRITAIN,1940–1945
• BELGIAN MILITARY PLANS FOR THEPOST-WAR PERIOD
• THE COMMISSION POUR L’ETUDE DESPROBLÈMES D’APRÈS-GUERRE (CEPAG)1941–1944*
• THE STAFF OF THE HIGH COMMISSARIATFOR NATIONAL SECURITY:A SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• THE NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCESIN BRITAIN
• THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMED FORCES INBRITAIN, 1940–1945
• THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF POLISH EXILE(1939–1945).THE EXILE STATE AND THECLANDESTINE STATE: SOCIETY,PROBLEMS AND REFLECTIONS*
• FRANCE IN EXILE: THE FRENCHCOMMUNITY IN BRITAIN, 1940–1944
• DUTCH EXILES IN LONDON
• THE SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALE:SOCIETY OR COUNTER-SOCIETY?
• LEGACIES OF EXILE: THE EXILEGOVERNMENTS IN LONDON DURING THESECOND WORLD WAR AND THE POLITICSOF POST-WAR EUROPE
• INDEX