Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century - Volumes
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Post-war international and cultural relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, 1925-1984
Papers regarding the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR from 1947 until 1984. These papers include minutes, circulars, records on the organisation and details of some personnel. Copies of the Soviet Monitor cover the issue of the Kharkov massacre trial; this invites comparison with Montagu's comments on the Katyn Massacre and pro-Soviet reaction to it. Read more →
Material relating to Germany, World War Two, and post-war politics in Europe (i), 1936-1965
Material largely related to Montagu's time as a correspondent of the Daily Worker, writing about post-war Germany and other political issues in Europe. Visceral in his anti-Nazi attitude, Montagu was sometimes restrained in his militancy by both the legal system, as seen through the Duke of Hamilton's libel action, as well as his own party, who held fluctuating views on the Nazis at the start of the war. The volume... Read more →
Material relating to Germany, World War Two, and post-war politics in Europe (ii), 1945-1976
Commencing with correspondence from Montagu's time in post-war Germany, these items also cover a meeting of some journalists who covered the Nuremberg trials. Following World War Two, Montagu became more interested in a committee aiming to assist peace through the use of culture. Montagu's interests also extended to science, as he visited Trofim Denisovich Lysenko with regard to a controversy regarding evolutionary genetics. Montagu then sought to assist European authorities... Read more →
International interests, written publications, and local political activity, 1945-1983
There are three core focal points to this grouping; writings about Mongolia as a country, trade with China and Russia 1948-1962, and papers from the Watford branch of the CPGB. The records relating to Mongolia include correspondence with Mongolian Academics and with the Mongolian President, alongside records relating to Montagu's understanding of the country as gleaned from his visits there. The records on trade with China and Russia include correspondence... Read more →
