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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number UWT/D/20/7
Title'War and Peace'
Date1939 - 1954
DescriptionCorrespondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), Leah Manning (Member of Parliament for Epping, Essex), the National Committee for Rescue from Nazi Terror, the Free German Movement in Great Britain, Allied Inside Germany Council, Peace with China Council, and the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad regarding peace, aid to refugees and occupied countries and post-war reconstruction and reconciliation.
Correspondence covers:
Discussion of an idea for a 'Peace Train', which would involve visits to women in other countries who all share hopes for peace
Changes to defence regulations under the 'Emergency Powers (Defence) Act'
Events organised to commemorate the mass deportations of people from the Baltic lands to Soviet Russia in 1941
Calls for understanding and help for refugees in Britain and other countries
Individual cases of refugees and other people in need asking for help from the NUWT and other organisations
Appeals for donations of clothing for the 'Youth Helps Youth' appeal for clothing for children in need in countries which suffered under German occupation
Aid to countries which were occupied by Germay during World War Two
Rebuilding of German cultural life after World War Two
Administration in Germany after World War Two
Formation of the All-Slav Committee in London
Newsletters from the Allies Inside Germany Council
Information on, and aid for, resistance movements in occupied Europe
Peace Proposals and declarations on international security and peace issued by various organisations
Formation of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
Post-war educational work in Europe
Proposals for teachers to travel to countries devastated by the war to help rebuild their education systems

Publications and reports including:
'Can the German people revolt?', Allies Inside Germany Council, 1944
'Out of the ruins', by David Ennals for the Council for Education in World Citizenship, 1948
'Have we room for the refugees?', by Sir Norman Angell for the National Committee for Rescue from Nazi Terror
Annual Report of Youth Helps Youth, 1945
'Education in Occupied Germany', National Peace Council, 1945
'Rescue the Perishing', Eleanor F. Rathbone, 1943
'Food for Enemy-Occupied Countries', House of Lords, 1944
'To save the starving', National Peace Council, 1944
'The Question of German Prisoner of War', the Free German Movement in Great Britain Press Committee, 1944
'One of these little ones... - a plea to parents and others for Europe's Children' Vera Brittain, 1943
'Continuing Terror - How to rescue Hitler's victims', National Committee for Rescue from Nazi Terror
'Post-War Relief and Rehabilitation', Ministry of Information, 1943

Press cuttings and journals regarding:
Post-war reconstruction
'FDJ Youth News - Information Bulletin of the Free German Youth', July/August 1948
Education of the children of British service people including BAOR (British Army on the Rhine)
Reports of Norwegian teacher being sent to concentration camps for refusing to join the teaching union set up by the Nazis
Proposals by Leah Manning for a 'Save the Peace' Day
Protests against atomic weapons and atomic warfare
Extent2 folders
AccessStatusOpen

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