To mark Refugee Week 2026, learn about the story of Fred Uhlman, a Jewish refugee lawyer turned artist, who settled with his English wife, Diana, in Downshire Hill in 1938.
Discover how they together formed the artist refugee committee to rescue Jewish artists trapped in Czechoslovakia and about how their Hampstead house became a refuge during WWII. Hear about the organisations that he was involved in; visit sites he was known to frequent; discuss the role of his artistic friends and neighbours and find out about other Jewish refugee artists and designers who also settled in Hampstead.
Marilyn Greene is a museum curator and educator. She was Curator of Hampstead Museum, Burgh House between 1998 & 2006 and worked in adult and community initiatives at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 2000-2013, primarily with faith and intercultural groups. In 2019/20 she assisted with administration for the Insiders Outsiders Festival which organises events about refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to the arts. She has worked on organisational and curatorial projects at London Transport Museum and is currently a Hidden London Guide for them. She is a qualified City of London Guide and Westminster Guide and also leads mudlarking tours on the Thames foreshore and school tours for the Charles Dickens Museum.
This tour will not depart from JW3; the meeting location will be provided upon booking.