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URL:https://kindertransport.org/events/kindertransport-rescuing-children-o
 n-the-brink-of-war-exhibit-at-the-illinois-holocaust-museum/
SUMMARY:Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War Exhibit a
 t the Illinois Holocaust Museum
DESCRIPTION:\nKindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War sho
 wcases the astonishing rescue effort that\, in only nine months\, brought 
 thousands of unaccompanied Jewish children from Nazi-occupied mainland Eur
 ope to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts\, stories\, and firs
 thand testimony\, those who lived through the Kindertransport program te
 ll its history.\n\nArranged in eight sections\, the exhibition begins in t
 he days and months following Kristallnacht when Europe’s Jewish popula
 tion could no longer deny the threat of Nazism. The exhibition’s thought
 ful\, artistic design draws visitors in and features 75 personal artifacts
 \, including items from Illinois Holocaust Museum’s collection\, Survivo
 r testimonies\, and quotes that chart the heart-wrenching decisions parent
 s made in sending their children away to safety.Kindertransport – Rescui
 ng Children on the Brink of War was created and organized by Yeshiva Univ
 ersity Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin.\n\nIllino
 is Holocaust Museum &amp\; Education Center\, 9603 Woods Drive\, Skokie\, 
 IL 60077\n\nThe Museum is open Wednesday through Monday\, 10 am through 5 
 pm. We welcome our last visitors at 4:00 pm\, one hour before closing.
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CATEGORIES:Museum Exhibits
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