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• Monday, 5 September 1938

  5 September 2008 in 1930s, Periodicals, Pictures, Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis, Quotes

  This post is part of an experiment in post-blogging the Sudeten crisis of August-October 1938. See here for an introduction to the series.

  So, we’re into the second week of the crisis (or rather, the second week for which I have newspaper sources), and as these headlines from The Times indicate (p. 12), the public [...]

• David Philips, 1946-2008

  4 September 2008 in Australia, Contemporary

  As Chris noted here the other day, David Philips died recently. David was a recently retired associate professor in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne, where he taught for three decades, and had an international reputation in the study of crime and policing in 19th century Britain and the comparative study [...]

• Saturday, 3 September 1938

  3 September 2008 in 1930s, Periodicals, Pictures, Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis, Quotes

  This post is part of an experiment in post-blogging the Sudeten crisis of August-October 1938. See here for an introduction to the series.

  More good news, or at least that’s how it is presented. The dailies today all have pretty similar headlines to those from The Times, above (p. 10), but their stories differ in detail. [...]

• Friday, 2 September 1938

  2 September 2008 in 1930s, Periodicals, Pictures, Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis, Quotes

  This post is part of an experiment in post-blogging the Sudeten crisis of August-October 1938. See here for an introduction to the series.

  As these headlines from The Times (p. 12) report, it’s ‘a crucial day’, because Henlein is meeting with Hitler at Berchtesgaden to discuss the Czechoslovakian autonomy proposals; and everyone assumes that Hitler will [...]

• Thursday, 1 September 1938

  1 September 2008 in 1930s, Periodicals, Pictures, Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis, Quotes

  This post is part of an experiment in post-blogging the Sudeten crisis of August-October 1938. See here for an introduction to the series.

  Things seem to be looking up, judging from today’s headlines in the Manchester Guardian (p. 9). The plan proposed by the Czechs yesterday is said to have ‘impressed’ the Sudetens. The plan [...]