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

by Richard Dove, Anthony Grenville, Jennifer Taylor, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350172448
• ISBN13: 9781350172449
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"