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Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs

Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician

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Born
December 5, 1932
Age in 2026
94
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1932

About Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs

Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs (born 5 December 1932) is a Labour life peer in the British House of Lords. Dubs was born in Czechoslovakia to a Jewish father who escaped to Britain when Nazi Germany invaded the country. He then joined his father as a six-year-old refugee, travelling by rail on the Kindertransport. He was educated in the UK and, after a career in local government and advertising, he became the Labour MP for Battersea for eight years. After losing his seat, he was made a baron during the Blair government which he served as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office. Dubs travelled on the Kindertransport in June 1939 at the age of six. On 27 September 1994, he was appointed as a Labour life peer with the title of Baron Dubs, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs timeline

  1. Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs (born 5 December 1932) is a Labour life peer in the British House of Lords.
  2. Dubs travelled on the Kindertransport in June 1939 at the age of six.
  3. On 27 September 1994, he was appointed as a Labour life peer with the title of Baron Dubs, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

The world when Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs was born

Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs was born in 1932. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1932

  • #1 song"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • Top movieGrand Hotel
  • Best-selling bookBrave New World – Aldous Huxley

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth's "called shot" in the World Series
  • Top headlineFDR elected in a landslide during the Great Depression
  • Technology milestoneAmelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
  • Defining fadMonopoly board game (unofficial versions)
  • Notable inventionPolaroid filters
  • World population2.14 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population124.8M

1932 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19322026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population124.8M341 million

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