ABSTRACT
Throughout the inter-war years, as is often the case, events abroad and at home were closely linked in many minds. The losses and sufferings of the war did not end with the peace treaties, and various other issues, such as the nationality of women married to foreigners, and refugees from Nazi Germany, kept domestic and foreign affairs closely intertwined. The activities of the League of Nations Union, the peace campaigns, the sufferings of postwar continental Europe and the rise of fascism kept foreign affairs firmly on the domestic agenda. These issues and events, all with an important welfare dimension, were influenced directly or indirectly by the war.
