Charmian Brinson, PhD King’s College London, is Emeritus Professor of German at Imperial College London and founder member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. She has published numerous publications on German Exile Studies, in particular political exile and women in exile.Jana Barbora Buresova, PhD London, is a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. Her research and publications focus, in particular, on Czechoslovak women refugees in Britain.Andrea Hammel, DPhil Sussex University, is Reader in German at Aberystwyth University. Her publications include books and articles on the literature and history of German-speaking refugees from National Socialism, especially the Kindertransport.

• List of IllustrationsErratumAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsIntroductionCharmian Brinson, Jana Barbora Buresova and Andrea Hammel1. The Society for the Furtherance of the Critical Philosophy (SFCP): A Foundation of German Female Refugees and their British Comrades in 1940Dieter Krohn2. Gertrud Meyer (1914-2002). Ein politisches Leben im Schatten Willy BrandtsGertrud Lenz3. Layers of Concealment: Post-War Cultures of Surveillance and Secrecy in the Lives of Jewish Refugees, as Exemplified by the Case of Steffi Dinger Gaby Weiner4. “A heart in transit”: The Unusual Life of Lotte Moos Merilyn Moos5. Hana Benešová: The Forgotten First LadyJana Barbora Buresova6. Marriages of Convenience as a Strategy to Escape to the UKIrene Messinger7. Women Refugee Academics at the University of LondonFelicitas M. Starr-Egger8. Reformpädagoginnen im englischen Exil Inge Hansen-Schaberg9. Women Exile PhotographersJohn March10. Charlotte Bondy ‒ a Graphic Designer in ExileJennifer Taylor11. Elisabeth Tomalin ‒ Emigrée Designer 1912-2012: “The only joy in life is being creative. Everything else is more or less pain”Rachel Dickson12. “‘Meine Heimat’ is in my heart and my head”: Women artists in exile: Susan Einzig (1922-2009) and Eva Frankfurther (1930-1959) Sarah MacDougall13. Female Fate or: Alma Wittlin’s Quest for DemocracyHadwig Kraeutler14. Women Gardeners and Garden Architects from Vienna, in Austria and in Exile Ulrike Krippner and Iris Meder15. Marginalised Voices ‒ Women in Irish Exile Gisela Holfter16. Does Gender Matter? Reflections on the Role of Gender in Women’s Oral History NarrativesBea LewkowiczIndex

Charmian Brinson, PhD King’s College London, is Emeritus Professor of German at Imperial College London and founder member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. She has published numerous publications on German Exile Studies, in particular political exile and women in exile.Jana Barbora Buresova, PhD London, is a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. Her research and publications focus, in particular, on Czechoslovak women refugees in Britain.Andrea Hammel, DPhil Sussex University, is Reader in German at Aberystwyth University. Her publications include books and articles on the literature and history of German-speaking refugees from National Socialism, especially the Kindertransport.

• List of IllustrationsErratumAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsIntroductionCharmian Brinson, Jana Barbora Buresova and Andrea Hammel1. The Society for the Furtherance of the Critical Philosophy (SFCP): A Foundation of German Female Refugees and their British Comrades in 1940Dieter Krohn2. Gertrud Meyer (1914-2002). Ein politisches Leben im Schatten Willy BrandtsGertrud Lenz3. Layers of Concealment: Post-War Cultures of Surveillance and Secrecy in the Lives of Jewish Refugees, as Exemplified by the Case of Steffi Dinger Gaby Weiner4. “A heart in transit”: The Unusual Life of Lotte Moos Merilyn Moos5. Hana Benešová: The Forgotten First LadyJana Barbora Buresova6. Marriages of Convenience as a Strategy to Escape to the UKIrene Messinger7. Women Refugee Academics at the University of LondonFelicitas M. Starr-Egger8. Reformpädagoginnen im englischen Exil Inge Hansen-Schaberg9. Women Exile PhotographersJohn March10. Charlotte Bondy ‒ a Graphic Designer in ExileJennifer Taylor11. Elisabeth Tomalin ‒ Emigrée Designer 1912-2012: “The only joy in life is being creative. Everything else is more or less pain”Rachel Dickson12. “‘Meine Heimat’ is in my heart and my head”: Women artists in exile: Susan Einzig (1922-2009) and Eva Frankfurther (1930-1959) Sarah MacDougall13. Female Fate or: Alma Wittlin’s Quest for DemocracyHadwig Kraeutler14. Women Gardeners and Garden Architects from Vienna, in Austria and in Exile Ulrike Krippner and Iris Meder15. Marginalised Voices ‒ Women in Irish Exile Gisela Holfter16. Does Gender Matter? Reflections on the Role of Gender in Women’s Oral History NarrativesBea LewkowiczIndex