Local history Club - Local Responses to 20th Century Conflicts

Local History Lunchtime Club: Huddersfield Humanitarians: Local Responses to 20th Century Conflicts
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Dr. Rebecca Gill, Frank Grombir and Adam Millar will discuss their research into local humanitarian organisations and responses to refugees in Huddersfield from the First to the Second World War.

It will take in the relief committees founded to aid Belgian refugees during the First World War and the Huddersfield Famine Relief Committee (which became known as Hudfam) founded during the Second World War, as well as the ways in which Huddersfield Borough Council and local organisations reacted to the arrival and presence of refugees from Nazism.

1 pm - 2 pm

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