RIBA Refugee Committee Papers 1939-1941

From 1938 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) received an ever-increasing number of requests for assistance from architects from Nazi-occupied Central Europe, which led to the creation of the RIBA Refugee Committee in January 1939. Between 1938 and 1941 more than 200 individuals (mostly architects) became known to the RIBA, either directly or via other refugee organisations. This database includes entries for each one of these individuals, whatever their fate or the level of recognition they achieved. The database is the result of ongoing research on the RIBA Refugee Committee and is intended as an international research hub, which will grow and develop thanks to further internal research and external contributions.