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Amy Buller
Amy Buller (born 9 November 1891, London; died 1974, London) was a British educator and author, known for her book, ''Darkness over Germany'' (1943). She wrote about how Nazi policies ideologically manipulated young Germans. Early life Amy Buller grew up in a Baptist family in South Africa. In 1911, she returned to England but visited Germany several times before the outbreak of the First World War. She studied German at Birkbeck College, receiving her degree in 1917. She converted to Anglo-Catholicism and, after graduating, from 1921 worked as an employee for the Student Christian Movement of Great Britain (SCM), first in Manchester and from 1922 in London. Between 1929 and 1931 she was a member of the SCM executive committee. ''Darkness over Germany'' (1943) She visited Germany regularly and organised visits by English clergy and teachers even after the rise of the National Socialist party. She saw the enthusiasm for National Socialism as being a sort of replacement reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Barling
J. Kurt Barling (born November 1961) is a British professor of journalism at Middlesex University.Kurt Barling biography at Speakers for Schools. He previously worked as a journalist for the BBC for 25 years and before that as a lecturer at the London School of Economics. In 1997, he won the CRE's Reporter of the Year award. He is also an author and has been an independent film producer. Biography Kurt Barling was born in 1961, of mixed Anglo-Irish and African heritage, in nor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
