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Yugoslavian, Czechoslovakian and Swedish local government officials on a study tour to the UK, 1947 |
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| Europe has always been an important area for our work since our foundation in 1934. Read more about our work in Europe on this page, and find out when we opened in each country. |
| We set up our first British Institute in Europe in Portugal in 1938. Read more about about how this happened. |
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| During the Second World War, we were forced to suspend our activities in most countries of mainland Europe. But the arrival in the UK of huge numbers of refugees and military personnel from these countries meant there was work to do closer to home. Read more about this work. |
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