A Bitter Road: Britain and the Refugee Crisis of the 1930s and 1940s

This online exhibition examines the experience of ordinary people from across Europe who became refugees during the 1930s and 40s, using materials from the archive of the Wiener Library, often donated by Jewish refugees in Britain. It examines areas such as British governmental policy towards refugees, internment and surveillance, the work of relief agencies and the experiences of individual refugees.

This is a description of an Online Resource. Online Resources are websites that describe, interpret and provide access to archives. They often provide access to digital content but they may also describe physical materials. They usually cover a theme or topic, such as an individual, a movement, or an important historical event.

This description was created by the Archives Hub team on behalf of the Wiener Library in June 2018.

Access this resource online: https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/a-bitter-road-online.

Find out more about the rest of the Wiener Library's collections relating to the Holocaust, its causes and legacies, and how to access them, here: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Collections.

You can also browse all of the Wiener Library's descriptions on the Archives Hub here: archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/GB-1556.

This exhibition will be of interest to those studying and teaching the history of the Holocaust and the Nazi era in Europe, especially those interested in the stories of refugees and displaced persons during the period.

Digital images of archival material are accompanied by text offering historical context and discussion of the issues raised by the exhibits.