A Legacy of Anti-Fasicm

Image: Civil Liberties in Britain, (extract) 1965. Jewish activists would continue to play a significant role in Birmingham throughout the twent...

Bearwood Holocaust Survivor

Image: Harry Levine Jewish Community Press Book Cuttings, 1939-42 no 519406. Why was it necessary to offer refuge and work to Jewish migrants i...

Fighting Prejudice

In the twentieth century, the 'Birmingham Hebrew Congregation' of Singer's Hill faced a humanitarian crisis- the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party ...

'Gays and Fascism'

LGBT people have faced serious prejudice and persecution in the past, and the cover of this issue of 'Gladrag' (the newsletter of the Birmingham Ga...

Oswald Mosley

Image: Oswald Mosley at the Town Hall. (Birmingham Newspaper Cuttings Political History 1930-1932) It is important to remember that at the time ...

The Battle of Cable Street

Image taken from the 'Picture Post' (1943) of vandalism to Jewish property during the battle of Cable Street. "The Battle of Cable Street or Ca...