Senate House.
Senate House in Malet Street, London WC1 close to the British Museum is an Arc Deco building built between 1932 and 1937 and is now the library and administration centre for the University of London. Most days of the week many thousands of people walk past this building and the general public along with students at the University of London are seldom aware of its wartime history.
During Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion of the British Isles, Hitler was so confidence of a swift victory and occupation of the United Kingdom he intended to use Senate House for the administration of Britain and the ‘ethically pure’ elements of British society would be selected to support what he ambiguously called ‘Political Peace’.
After the Luftwaffe was unable to gain air superiority during the Battle of Britain the invasion of the British Isles was cancelled and Hitler turned his attention to the Soviet Union.
Alan Malcher 