International Brigade Memorial Trust
The 2024 Len Crome Memorial Conference, which took place on 9 November 2024, is now available to watch online.
The 2024 event was a discussion between three leading historians of the Spanish Civil War: Paul Preston, Helen Graham and Richard Baxell, introduced by IBMT Chair Jim Jump.
Paul Preston is one of the world’s foremost historians of the causes, course and consequences of the Spanish Civil War. He is the IBMT’s Founding Chair. His most recent work, 'Perfidious Albion – Britain and the Spanish Civil War', was published in March 2024.
Helen Graham is Emeritus Professor of modern European history at Royal Holloway University of London and is the author of ‘Interrogating Francoism' and ‘The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction’. She is also an IBMT Patron.
Richard Baxell is the author of 'Forged in Spain'. He is a research fellow at the LSE and the IBMT's Historical Consultant.
Each gave a 10-minute introduction to the following topic:
Public support and governmental obstruction: differing British responses to the struggle of the Spanish Republic.
The Trust thanks Peter Crome for speaking about his father, Len Crome, after whom this annual event was named. Len Crome was a Lancashire GP who became the chief medical officer of the Spanish Republic's XV Army Corps, including the 15th International Brigade,
To watch the previous Len Crome Memorial Conferences online, go to the IBMTNews Len Crome playlist on YouTube.
