Posted on February 27, 2026
In the first part of this blog, we focused on the use of the term Kindertransport to mean rescue more broadly from 1934-1942. When the British Kindertransport came to a halt in September 1939 there was a final transport from the Netherlands to British shores in May 1940. I have recently found a list of children who were fully guaranteed and paid for, yet they never arrived in Britain. These children’s fathers were often in Kitchener Camp. Well into October 1939 the British were still trying to organize for children to escape and be reunited with their parents. Today these seem like envisaged Kindertransports as they did not take place but at the time the refugee organizations hoped that they would become a reality.