Showing posts with label Battle of Cable Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Cable Street. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 May 2008

Here's Hitler!


In case you missed it in the mural below, there is probably the only painting of Adolf Hitler in his underwear in London.

Battle of Cable Street


Getting off of the Docklands at Shadwell, I found this mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street. This occurred in 1936, when an outnumbered party of Jews and Communists fought a vicious street battle with Oswald Mosley's Fascists, who were trying to march down past Cable Street to demonstrate in a mainly Jewish area. In spite of heavy fighting, at the end of the day the Jews and Communists prevailed and sent the Fascists packing. This mural is on the side of Shadwell Town Hall.