Banner Theatre, Play Advertisements
Image: Fragment of brown paper with hand drawn logo for Banner Theatre.
This exhibition represents a spectrum Banner Theatre's past productions, from Collier Laddie (1973)to 'Strangers in Paradise ...
Birmingham Council For Refugees
Image:Birmingham Hebrew Congregation Singers Hill Year Book;
Annual Report, 31st Dec, 1942.
Zoe Josephs has written that one of the first sanctuaries for refugees was a house on Duchess Road, Edgbaston, ...
Faces and Places: 156 Oak Tree Lane
Submitted By Birmingham Stories.
What link did 156 Oak Tree Lane in Bournville once have with Poland in the 1960's? View the entry to find out more....
Finding Refuge
It has been estimated that Birmingham received approximately 700 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1945.There are a number of different archive sources and historical accounts to help us get a better understanding ...
Pin and Flag in Support of Belgian Refugees
This pin and flag was issued by the Birmingham Belgian Refugee Committee, which included Elizabeth Cadbury amongst its members and which was formed by the City to raise money and provide food and shelter ...
Refugees in Birmingham
Image: a photograph of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham. (Harry Levine, Press Cuttings, 1941 part 1).
Behind pictures such as these lies a complicated story. At least 6 million Jews were murdered under ...
Refugees in Birmingham
Image: Harry Levine, Newspaper Cuttings, sept-dec 1942 part 2.
This image features a group of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham, including a young child. Such children were at risk during WWII.
After ...
Staff Recommends: 'Refugee Movements'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the subject of ‘migration stories’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research ...
The Lord Mayor's European Famine Fund
Minute Book of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham’s European Famine Fund.
The Lord Mayor’s Fund was established by William Adlington Cadbury in December 1919 to provide aid to starving women and children ...
Zoe Josephs
Image: Photograph of Zoe Josephs and Ruth Wolf (from Zoe Joseph Papers)
Zoe Josephs (on the left) was an important local historian, whose works have helped not only to show the development of the ...