Past Events

20 Nov

Frankfurt Kindertransport Book Launch

November 20, 2018    
7:00 pm CET
Presentation and discussion of new book on the history of the Kindertransports from Frankfurt am Main. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Adickesallee 1 60322 Frankfurt am Main E-Mail [...]
15 Nov

80 Years On: Commemoration of the Kindertransport

November 15, 2018    
All Day
At a central London venue, there will be a commemoration for those who arrived on the Kindertransport, their descendants, the foster families who took in [...]
11 Nov

Staged Reading of Kindertransport play

November 11, 2018    
2:00 pm PST
Kindertransport By Diane Samuels A Staged Reading Directed by Deborah Lavine, featuring Jane Kaczmarek and Kate Burton. Presented by the Wallis Annenberg Center for the [...]
09 Nov

WFJCSHD, KTA, GSI Conference

November 9, 2018 - November 12, 2018    
12:00 am EST
The 2018 conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida. The KTA invites all Kinder and descendants to join us [...]
08 Nov

Memories of the Kindertransport -Jewish Museum London

November 8, 2018 - February 10, 2019    
All Day
“Memories of the Kindertransport” is an exhibition and program of engagement commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransports. The exhibition centers on the stories of [...]
17 Oct

IF THEY COME FOR ME IN THE MORNING: Town Hall Forums On the Legacy of State Sponsored Xenophobia

October 17, 2018    
7:00 pm EDT
In recent years, the last generation of witnesses to two very different events - Japanese American Incarceration Camp Survivors, and Holocaust Survivors – have voiced [...]
09 Oct

1939 - 1940: The shifting policy of British internment and deportation of German and Austrian Jewish refugees to the Isle of Man, Canada and Australia

October 9, 2018    
6:30 pm BST - 8:00 pm BST
In conjunction with the Wiener Library, Roger Kershaw from The National Archives and Naomi Levy from The Second Generation Network will consider: Why were German [...]
04 Oct

80 years after Kristallnacht: A Personal Commemoration of the Kindertransport.

October 4, 2018    
7:30 pm BST
A presentation by KT2 Monique Vajifdar Monique Vajifdar was born in London and has lived in South Africa since 1985. Her Mother, Hedwig Leonore Vajifdar [...]
30 Sep

KIndertransport music concert, Lincoln, UK

September 30, 2018    
7:30 pm BST
Composers Robert Steadman and Hannah Borrill have created a “concert documentary” telling the story of the Kindertransport in words, song and music, incorporating traditional music [...]
12 Sep

The Pianist of Willesden Lane in Washington DC

September 12, 2018 - September 30, 2018    
All Day
The Pianist of Willesden Lane Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane By Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Lisa Jura becomes one refugee [...]