A Reluctant Welcome? Poles in Britain in the 1940s

A Reluctant Welcome? Poles in Britain in the 1940s

Based on Kirklees Sound Archive recordings of interviews with Poles who settled in the area during and after WW2, discusses their relationships with local people and places their experiences in the context of the government's assimilationist policy and racism generally.

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral history (Colchester) 1996-04, Vol.24 (1), p.79-87
1. Verfasser: Nocon, Andrew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
British culture
Cultural identity
Employment
Hostility
Immigrant assimilation
Labor unions
Oral history
Poles
Racism
Refugees
Slavic culture
Textiles
United Kingdom
War
World War Two
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Zusammenfassung:Based on Kirklees Sound Archive recordings of interviews with Poles who settled in the area during and after WW2, discusses their relationships with local people and places their experiences in the context of the government's assimilationist policy and racism generally.
ISSN:0143-0955