| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/27/55 |
| Title | Fascism |
| Date | 1931 - 1955 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and various organisations regarding a variety of issues around the subject of 'Fascism'. The correspondence also contains attached reports, publications and leaflets. The organisations with whom the NUWT correspondence are included below with information on the subjects discussed.
Subjects and organisations covered include:
National Reinstatement Committee - report of dismissal of students from London School of Economics for protesting against censorship (this is covered in more depth in UWT/D/68/D
Equal Rights International - NUWT representation on a delegation to Lord Cecil, President of the League of Nations
National Federation of Professional Workers - circular letters detailing various miscarriages of justice and protests against new laws such as the Incitement to Disaffection BIll in 1934
Greater London Conference on Fascism, 1934 - NUWT request to the Joint Consultative Committee of the London Trades Council and the London Labour Party for copies of this circular to distribute to members
'The Jewish position' - correspondence with the Central Jewish Lecture Committee, the Federation Internationale des Ligues Contre L:'Antisemitisme and the National Council for Civil Liberties discussing the persecution of Jewish people, both in Germany and examples of anti-semitism in Britain
British Section of Women's world Committee Against War and Fascism - correspondence with the Colonial Office, the Home Office and various Members of Parliament urging them to rescue victims of Nazi persecution
NUWT involvement and support of calls to aid Jews suffering from Nazi persecution
Women's Committee for Peace and Democracy - correspondence regarding concerns over evacuation, concerns over the cases of six women teachers in France who were dismissed from their jobs, NUWT representation at meetings called by the Committee
NUWT representation at a conference against War and Fascism organised by Labour Monthly - A Magazine of International Labour, 1935
NUWT joining in protests against the arrest of Professor Constantinescu, a Romanian teacha nd opponent of fascism, 1934 - 1935
Requests for anti-fascist literature sent to NUWT Headquarters from NUWT members
National Council for Civil Liberties - circulars and reports
British Section of Women's World Committee Against War and Fascism - correspondence with the NUWT, particularly regarding NUWT representation at meetings and demonstrations, the invasion of Spain and protests against the Government White Paper on Collective Security
Publications including:
'Woman Today', Journal of the Women's Committee for Peace and Democracy, Spring march 1939
'German Women under Hitler Fascism', report compiled by Louise Dornemann, 1943
'Conditions in Occupied Territories - Axis Oppression of Education'
'The Educational Worker' - journal with article on fascism and education in Italy, Germany and Poland
'Teacher's Bulletin' - a newsletter from America discussing decision reached by New York Board of Education that teacher's must be willing to inform on any teacher suspected of being a communist, 1955
'Your Jewish Neighbour' by Myer Domnitz
'Let My People Go' by Victor Gollancz
Various leaflets and pamphlets advertising meetings and demonstrations against the Nazis and fascists
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of the teaching or promotion of communism in training colleges
Reports of political and medical tests used as part of criteria for employment of teachers
Unemployment problem in Germany, 1931
Reports of criticisms of the actions of the police in dealing with an anti-fascist demonstration in London, 1936
Reports of fascist talks given by Oswald Mosley
Reports of visits of Mary Allen, Chief of the Women's Auxiliary Force to meet with Hitler in 1934
Reports of a Conference for Academic Freedom |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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