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January 2016 Blog Posts (2)

"British Hungarian Fellowship - Help Fund Opened" (1956)

Just saw the BHF was appealing for funds for refugees in 1956, and with an impressive roster of signatories: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19561115&id=OGJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e5wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3024,1647609&hl=en

Added by Francis Norton on January 27, 2016 at 7:40 — No Comments

Introduction: Childhood in London

I was born in London at the height of the war. September 1942 was at the greatest extent of occupied Europe, with the panzers racing towards the River Volga and Stalingrad. It seemed as if nothing would stop the Nazi war machine. 

I can't say I remember the V1 flying bomb, but during air raids we used to shelter under a…

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Added by Jim Kemeny on January 8, 2016 at 16:00 — 2 Comments

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