Posted on May 15, 2025
AN EVENT to commemorate Swanage’s efforts to save almost 700 children during the Second World War is taking place in this Thursday.
The event will commemorate the efforts of the Kindertransport, an organised rescue effort that evacuated around 10,000 children from Europe in the late 1930s.
Elaine Waterfield, 63, from Upton, organised the event. She said: “We want this day to be a day of thanksgiving and say thank you to Swanage for their support and kindness during the time it was visited by many Kindertransport children.