The Swastika Party

Links

Below you will find some of the source
material for the play

Pebbles Productions - producers of The Swastika Party

Britain at War - Homework resources for children - a very good resource

The London Underground at War
- source material about shelters on the Underground during the Blitz

The London Blitz Timeline

More on the Underground and Deep Level Shelters

The Blitz and World War II

More on the London Blitz

Stories of the East End and the Blitz

The Blitz and London’s Docklands

Food Rationing during WWII - source material

The Home Front Museum - a lot of information about the Home Front

The Blitz - information from the Home Front Museum

Women as Portrayed in British Advertising during the War

A brief history of the Swastika

The Swastika and the Nazis - an article

More background about the Swastika

A 1940s Timeline

A brief history of the Lyon’s Corner House

A brief history of Derry and Tom’s Roof Garden

Fire fighting during the War

Fashion and Freedom in WWII

A 1940s House

East End Jewish London



Hitler expects to terrorise and cow the people of this mighty city… Little does he know the spirit of the British nation, or the tough fibre of the Londoners.

Winston Churchill, broadcast 11 September 1940.



All reports from London are agreed that the population is seized by fear. The Londoners have completely lost their self-control.

Nazi-controlled French radio, 18 September 1940