Refugee Week: A Welcome without Reservation? Norfolk and the Hungarian Diaspora of 1956

Time, Date:
Thursday 18^th June - 1:00pm
Saturday 20^th June – 11:00am
Location:
(18^th June)  The Green Room, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane.
(20^th June) The Training Room, 2^nd Floor, Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library.
Organising institutions: Norfolk Record Office
Admission cost: Free, no booking needed.
Suitability: Adults
Accessibility: Fully accessible for all

In 1956 thousands of refugees escaped Cold War Hungary for the west.   Hear how Norfolk coped and prospered with the many hundreds who settled here. With particular focus on the difficulty of researching such a topic, and the importance of first hand survivor’s stories,  A Welcome without Reservation is a carefully considered view of a specific refugee diaspora and its impact on Norfolk.