Departure to freedom curtailed interned by the British from the original diary written on toilet paper during the internment in Canada in 1940

When protesters in Bristol pulled down a prominent statue of slave trader Edward Colston as part of the Black Lives Matter protests against the killing of George Floyd, it prompted a nationwide debate. How should we memorialise controversial aspects of our past? Watch a live debate on this topic, part of the IWM Institute's Hindsight in 2020 series.

Taking our collection beyond the walls of our museum, schools can book specially created loan box experiences inspired by the Second World War.