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TitleExile Collection

Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Reference codeEXS

Datec1900-2003

Creator
- VariousMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  This material was created by multiple individuals or institutions.

Scope and ContentThis collection contains personal papers, correspondence, official documents and literary and autobiographical scripts created by or relating to German-speaking exiles and exile-related organisations mainly in the UK. Some of the material dates from the period before and during the Second World War, such as a biography of Hitler by Rudolf Olden in the 1930s, and records of the activities of prisoners in internment camps on the Isle of Man in the early 1940s. A significant proportion of the collection is material created in the post-war period on the subject of exile, such as autobiographical accounts of exile by individual refugees, and the research papers of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. There are also records (including some copies of publications) of literary and other scripts focusing on the experience of exile and the events leading to it, written by exile poets, scholars and journalists and others before and after they emigrated.

NotesMost of the material in this collection was acquired through the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Institute of Modern Languages Research.

Conditions governing accessOpen. At least 48 hours notice is required for research visits.

Extent16 boxes and 1 poster

System of ArrangementThis fonds was created by the Institute of Germanic Studies in the 1990s as a collection of material from a variety of sources related to the theme of exile. The material does not share any provenance above file- and sub-series-level groupings. These lower-level groups were arranged into two series: material created by or relating to individuals, and material created by or relating to organizations.

Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf copy is attached to this description.

Related files

EXS_Exile_catalogue.pdf

The Institute holds the papers of a number of German and Austrian exiles in Britain including Bertold Auerbach (Ref BAA), Rudolf Majut (Ref RMA), Adolf Placzek and Ernst Philipp (Ref PLA), and Herbert Hans Karl Thoma (Ref HTH).

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