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Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 12: Lisbon, 1939-45: the untold story of Portugal and the Jewish refugees
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 12: Lisbon, 1939-45: the untold story of Portugal and the Jewish refugees During World War II, Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality, but was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval wars between the Allies and the Nazis. To complicate matters further, thousands of refugees, many of them Jewish, flooded into Lisbon seeking a passage to the United States or Palestine. This talk will present the little known, and yet vitally important history of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, during World War II. Vintage Poscasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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9/28/2023
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 9: From prehistory to the London blitz: foreshore archaeology and a rising river
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 9: From prehistory to the London blitz: foreshore archaeology and a rising river When the tide is out, the Thames foreshore is the longest archaeological site in London. The remains cover a wide range of our long history and include prehistoric forests, a Bronze Age bridge, Saxon fish traps, Tudor jetties, later shipyards, watermen's causeways, and the hulks of boats, barges and ships. Our most recent study has even found evidence for bomb-strikes from the London Blitz, exactly 70 years ago. Much of this evidence is suffering from the river's increased erosion or by modern redevelopment. The Thames Discovery Programme team is training up a group of committed Londoners to survey the sites on a regular basis, recording the history on the foreshore before its washed away forever. Vintage Podcasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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9/27/2023
Generation UCL: Alwyn Davies
Alwyn Davies, Chemistry student from the 1940s, discusses the impact of the Second World War on students at UCL. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023. Duration: 1 minute, 19 seconds
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9/11/2023