German-speaking refugees were involved in every aspect of British propaganda: for the Ministry of Information, the BBC and for intelligence organisations such as Electra House, Special Ops and Political Warfare Executives. Charmian Brinson explores the paradoxical importance of ‘enemy aliens’ to the war effort, particularly how the foreign civil servants engaged with covert materials about their countries of origin, now designated enemy territory. She will reveal more, as detailed in her new book Working for the War Effort: German-Speaking Refugees in British Propaganda During the Second World War.

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