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Perec "Peter" Rachman (16 August 1919 – 29 November 1962) was a Polish-born landlord who operated in Notting Hill, London, England in the 1950s and early 1960s. He became notorious for his exploitation of his tenants , with the word " Rachmanism " entering the Oxford English Dictionary as a synonym for the exploitation and ...
28 de feb. de 2024 · One such landlord, Peter Rachman, became notorious in Notting Hill, letting property for extortionate rents and allowing them to drift into neglect. Race riots broke out and the far-right...
by Gary Powell. Born in Poland, interned by the Germans in 1939 and the Russians in 1940, Peter Rachman had a distinguished Second World War military record fighting as part of the 2nd Polish Corps on behalf of the Allies in the Middle East and Italy; Rachman was transferred to England and demobilised from the army in 1948.
23 de dic. de 2019 · Caryl Phillips explores the life and legacy of Peter Rachman, a Polish-born property developer who became a notorious landlord in postwar Britain. He traces how Rachman was vilified by the media and the public as a symbol of greed and corruption, and how his name became a synonym for exploitation.
15 de abr. de 2022 · These practices became known as ‘Rachmanism’ after the Notting Hill slumlord Peter Rachman, but the Milner Holland committee, appointed in 1963 to investigate housing problems in London, uncovered extensive evidence of other landlords, including black and Asian property owners, using white tenants’ prejudices against them. 34 A ...
13 de jun. de 2018 · Residents share their memories of the dramatic events that shaped their community - from exploitation by notorious landlord Peter Rachman in the 1950s to the first Notting Hill race riots and...
22 de oct. de 2012 · History tells us that Peter Rachman was a slum landlord; the evil head of an empire based on vice, violence and extortion. His festering heartland was Notting Hill - long before the rich and ...
