In the Footsteps of Exiles: A history walk around Bloomsbury

Tue Jun 16 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm UTC+01:00

University of London | London

Senate House Library
Publisher/HostSenate House Library
In the Footsteps of Exiles: A history walk around Bloomsbury
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We will explore Bloomsbury through the eyes of refugees from the Nazis, Basque children and Hungarian students.
About this Event

Walking in the footsteps of exiles we will explore Bloomsbury as a place of refuge, with many important aid agencies for refugees located here, as well as plenty of cheap boarding houses and hotels offering affordable and central accommodation. Bloomsbury is also a place of learning, and we will talk about the context of the University of London and other archives and educational institutions and their connection with refugees as academics and students.

We will be stopping at locations relevant to refugees from the Nazis and also touch upon Basque child refugees from the Spanish civil war and Hungarian students fleeing after the uprising in 1956.

Developed by Senate House Library, the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies and the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies, with the kind assistance of the Wiener Holocaust Library and Quakers in Britain.

This walk will take place outside, in the streets around Bloomsbury. We will meet at the reception of Senate House (South Block) on the ground floor for a punctual start at 11 am.

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