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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Allied plans for D-Day & the postwar occupation of Germany belonging to Field Marshal Montgomery's adjutant, Major-General Sir Randle Fielden, on my desk - life as a History teacher at Radley College is never dull! @wwiimuseum.bsky.social @wwiihistory.bsky.social @chuarchives.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A building with a unique history in central London - 9 Carlton House Terrace. A fascinating site of interwar diplomacy on the eve of war. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hoesch was critical of Hitler’s foreign policy and sparked a feud over Germany’s re-militarisation of the Rhineland in March 1936. His untimely death the following month enabled Hitler to appoint a more sympathetic agent - Joachim von Ribbentrop - to London. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hoesch’s funeral cortège received an escort from the Grenadier Guards & was followed by Britain’s leading diplomats including the foreign minister and a young Prince Philip as it made its ways past Buckingham Palace to Victoria Station. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It might surprise you to see the swastika flag of the Nazi Party draped over von Hoesch’s casket in 1936 coming on to Pall Mall in central London, but remember that Britain would not go to war with Nazi Germany for over three years. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It pays to pause and recognise the history around you. ‘Giro’ was the pet dog of Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to London 1932 (that’s pre-Nazis) to 1936. @uk.diplo.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The daughter of Lord Asquith, a former Prime Minister, Violet Bonham Carter was fiercely anti-appeasement and a politician in her own right, serving as two-time president of the Women's Liberal Federation and the first woman president of the Liberal Party. She was a staunch defender of Austria.

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On the top of the backside of one of the letters there was some writing that was written sideways in the upper margin. I tilted my computer screen to read what was scribbled, and there it was at last...Violet Bonham Carter! 🤩 'VBC' wasn't a 'he' - 'VBC' was a *she*! 🤯🙌 #IfAustriaPerishes

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Great to attend the fourth Hella Pick lecture on 'Charting a Landscape of Antisemitism and Radicalisation Online and Offline' with talks from @isdglobal.bsky.social's Julia Ebner and @oeaw.bsky.social's Gerald Lambrecht at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London last night. @austriainuk.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So great to meet @chriswiederkehr.bsky.social and Austrian-British educators at @austriainuk.bsky.social this week. Thinking through the challenges of AI, the environment and geopolitics across borders brings minds together to solve global issues. What a great forum for discussion! 🇦🇹🤝🇬🇧

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Looking forward to Oliver Rathkolb (@univie.ac.at) speaking on 'The Hidden Impact of Allied Cultural Policies and the Austrian Exile Community' at the Austrian Cultural Forum next Thursday. @austriainuk.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social RSVP 👇 www.acflondon.org/events/the-a...

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

After Robert Lackner's fascinating talk on 'Austrian Refugees in the British Army' at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London, it was excellent to be in conversation with him about his research project and the complexities of wartime British-Austrian relations. @austriainuk.bsky.social @lbg.ac.at

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

On Thursday, I'm speaking with Robert Lackner of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (@lbg.ac.at) on Consequences of War about his work on 'Austrian Refugees in the British Army' during the Nazi regime at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London. Read more and register 👇 www.acflondon.org/events/talk-...

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

After first crossing paths with @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social while he was still UK ambassador in Vienna and I was writing about his predecessor in the 1930s for my PhD, it was so good to have him at Radley to speak with our students last night. Check out his new memoir, 'Lessons in Diplomacy'!

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A few years ago, I presented my research on the Austrian Legation in London (@austriainuk.bsky.social) in the 1930s to Austrian Cultural Forum in London, and was joined by Dr David Schriffl, the @bmeia.gv.at's chief historian. You can watch the event 👇 austriakulturinternational.at/en/2021/03/1...

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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Sargent's unusually long posting to the Foreign Office enabled him to develop unrivalled expertise on interwar Central European affairs, informing many of Britain's most important policies in times of uncertainty and peril. @mbhjournal.bsky.social

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