Catalogue Number
NMLH.2004.29
Object Name
Collection Record
Title
Ern Brooks & Barbara Niven Collection
Place
Manchester & Lancashire & England & UK; Russia: Soviet Union: USSR
People
Brooks, Ern; Niven, Barbara; Hitler, Adolf; Rust, William; Devine, Pat; Maisky; Pollit, Harry; Gallagher, Willie; Wild, Sam
Events
War & World War Two
Date
1939-1945 ?
Description
Included in this collection are over eighty leaflets and around sixty relate to the British Communist Party's call for a 'Second Front' in the war, support for Russia, and for lifting the ban on their newspaper The Daily Worker.
The First military front of World War II was in Communist Russia, following Hitler's massive invasion of Russia in June 1941. The Communist Party of Great Britain produced a wide range of leaflets in their campaign to get the Allied forces to attack and defeat Hitler in Europe, to open what was called a Second Front, and aid Russia. The party had an active membership in industrial Manchester and Lancashire.
Within a few months of Russia being invaded Manchester's citizens declared their support for the Russian people, particularly for the citizens of Stalingrad. Manchester Council established the Lord Mayor of Manchester's Anglo-Russian Friendship Committee and an "Aid-To-Russia" Fund was set up.
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