Daniel Snowman
The Cultural Impact on Britain of the “Hitler Emigrés”, Part 2: Their Artistic and Intellectual Contributions
Summary
Daniel Snowman continues to examine the collective talent of the “Hitler Emigrés,” which, he suggests, left an overall contribution to the intellectual, cultural, and artistic life of Britain that was far in excess of their numbers. This lecture focuses on the creative work of émigrés from Central Europe, most of them of Jewish background. Among them were authors and publishers, artists, architects, film makers, broadcasters, musicians, photographers, historians, economists, philosophers, psychologists, and scientists. As their stories fade from memory into history, Daniel asks: Was there anything particularly “Jewish” about the impact of the “Hitler Emigrés”? And how far, if at all, is it possible to generalize about their overall legacy? Part 2 of 2.
Daniel Snowman
Daniel Snowman is a social and cultural historian. Born in London to a Jewish family in 1938 and educated at Cambridge and Cornell, Daniel became a lecturer at the University of Sussex and went on to work for many years at the BBC as senior producer of radio features and documentaries. A senior research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research (University of London), his many books include a social history of opera and a study of the cultural impact of the ‘Hitler Emigrés’ and, most recently, his memoir “Just Passing Through: Interactions with the World 1938-2021”.