The Role of Sources in Historical Memory: Evacuee Children of Second World War Britain

Authors

  • Sarah Oeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/whr.v9.151

Abstract

Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? This paper analyses how various types of sources, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, provide different answers to this question, and ultimately impact how the evacuations take shape in public memory.

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Published

2017-04-25

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