Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 8th November 2025

Time: 11am

Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

Description: Between 1891 and 1914 Swansea welcomed German immigration and manufacturing investment. However, with the outbreak of the First World war the subsequent internment and repatriation of enemy aliens dramatically changed the lives of Swansea’s German residents. While Swansea did not succumb to the levels of anti-German violence and hostility experienced elsewhere, animosity towards Germany and the town’s German residents grew as the war progressed and culminated in 1918 when Sir Alfred Mond, the M.P. for Swansea Town, was brutally maligned for his German Jewish parentage and accused of being pro-German and a traitor.

How to book: No booking required

Price: Free

Email: historyliz1565@yahoo.com

Website: www.haswansea.org.uk

Organiser: Swansea Branch

Lecturer: Ray Collier

Comments: Born and brought up in London, Ray Collier has lived in Neath for the last thirty years. After retiring from Careers Wales in 2015, Ray completed a part-time honours degree in History at Swansea University and in 2023, a M.A in modern history. In addition

Region: Wales

Branch: Swansea