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‘Closeness’ and ‘distance’ in Holocaust survivors’ accounts of mother-child relations

by Angela Davis (2019); Published by Oral History Society

This article explores how Holocaust survivors narrate their relationships with their mothers, focusing on the emotional tension between closeness and distance. Drawing on forty oral‑history interviews with women who later lived in Britain and Israel, Davis examines how pre‑war family dynamics, wartime separation, migration, and later motherhood shaped survivors’ memories and self‑understanding. The study shows that mother‑child bonds were often marked by ambivalence, shifting attachments, and the long aftereffects of trauma.

‘We became British aliens’: Kindertransport refugees narrating the discovery of their parents’ fates

by Chad McDonald (2018); Published by Routledge

McDonald’s article explores how Kindertransport survivors describe the moment they learned the fate of their parents after the Holocaust. Through close analysis of survivor testimonies, she shows how these discoveries shaped their identities, their sense of belonging, and their understanding of what it meant to become “British aliens.” The article highlights the emotional complexity of reconstructing family histories marked by loss, silence, and fragmented information, and it examines how survivors narrate these experiences many decades later.

“Exhibition ‘Für das Kind / For the Child” – Launch Event at Ottowa City Hall, October 19, 2022

(October 19, 2022) Published by Austrian Cultural Forum

A film about the exhibition ‘Für das Kind / For the Child‘ – Launch Event in Ottowa.

“I’ve been teaching for 30 years. Right now it’s important to talk about the Holocaust because anti-Semitism is growing all over the world,” says the daughter of Winton’s children

by Judita Matyášová (November 2, 2023); Published by HateFree Culture

This interview features Karen Kruger, daughter of one of the children rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton‘s Czech Kindertransport. She reflects on her family’s history and the urgency of Holocaust education amid rising global antisemitism.

“We were the lucky ones” — The Psychology of Kindertransport Survivors

(October 2, 2024) Published by Sousa Mendes Foundation

A recorded Zoom meeting hosted by the Sousa Mendes Foundation featuring Melissa Hacker, Rachel Dahill-Fuchel, and Susan Mirow, Ph.D. The session discusses Kindertransport experiences and psychological perspectives.

“All emigrants are up to the physical, mental, and moral standards required”: A tale of two child rescue schemes

by Wendx Sims Schouten, Paul Weindling (February 8, 2022)

A scholarly article comparing two major British child-migration programs – the British Home Child scheme and the Kindertransport – with a focus on how ideas of mental and physical deficiency, eugenics, and biological determinism shaped decisions about which children were excluded or returned.

2025 Summer Survivor Speaker Series: Bert Romberg

(June 19, 2025) Published by DHHRM

A recorded testimony program featuring Bert Romberg, a German‑Jewish child refugee who escaped Nazi persecution via the Kindertransport. Presented at the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum, the event is part of the museum’s annual Summer Survivor Speaker Series, where Holocaust survivors, refugees, hidden children, and second‑generation descendants share their personal histories.

6 Stories Of The Kindertransport

Published by IWM

This article presents six individual Kindertransport stories through personal objects carried by Jewish children fleeing Nazi persecution in 1938–1939. Each vignette highlights one child’s journey, the item they brought with them, and the fate of their family—illustrating both the trauma of separation and the small material traces that preserved memory.

A Couple of June Bloomings

by Sophie Herxheimer (June 6, 2024)

This blog post by artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer announces two events she is participating in, reflects on her childhood memories of drawing, describes her ongoing practive and shares images from recent workshops. She mentions her recent comissions from the AJR and KTA, where she facilitated paired story-collecting sessions with first- and second-generation Kindertransport descendants and shaped their contributions into a collective poem-

A Family dilemma – Miriam Blumenthal Kindertransport story

(7 May, 2019) Published by MacShul - McDonald International Shul

Elaine Smith tells the moving Kindertransport story of her late mother Miriam Blumenthal.

A German Holocaust Survivor Steps Into the Box

(July 1, 2013) Published by James Kirchick

A narrative article about Marion House, a 90‑year‑old German‑born Kindertransport survivor, who unexpectedly becomes a participant in the Berlin Jewish Museum’s provocative exhibition “The Whole Truth: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Jews.” The exhibit featured a three‑sided glass box in which a real Jewish person sat for two hours each day to answer visitors’ questions. Initially hesitant, Marion ultimately steps into the box—transforming the moment into a profound encounter between survivor and museum visitors.

A Great Adventure: The Story of the Refugee Children’s Movement

by Presland, John (1944); Published by Bloomsbury House

Out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.

A hundred years of curiosity

(August 27, 2024) Published by MIT Technology Review

A biographical feature on Josef Eisinger, a Kindertransport survivor whose life spans escape from Nazi‑controlled Austria, internment in Britain and Canada, military service, and a distinguished scientific career at Bell Labs and Mount Sinai. The article highlights his resilience, intellectual curiosity, and wide‑ranging pursuits in physics, molecular biology, history, art, and music. As the article notes, “Eisinger made it out of Austria thanks to the Kindertransport program” and later built a life marked by scientific achievement, creativity, and family.

Active Goodness: The True Story Of How Trevor Chadwick, Doreen Warriner & Nicholas Winton Saved Thousands From The Nazis

by Smith, Edward Abel (2017); Published by Kwill Books

The remarkable true story of how three British heroes saved thousands of endangered Czech men, women, and children from the Nazis at the beginning of World War II. When university lecturer Doreen Warriner visited Prague in the winter of 1938, she was appalled at the sight of so many suffering people, all desperately trying to flee Hitler’s death squads. Along with Trevor Chadwick and Nicholas Winton, the evacuation of over 7,000 people was organised in under ten months, with the rescuers putting themselves in huge personal danger. This is their story.
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/active-goodness-the-true-story-of-how-trevor-chadwick-doreen-warriner-nicholas-winton-saved-thousands-from-the-nazis-edward-abel-smith/77de27603fb7bb1b?aid=56539&ean=9788494754852&listref=kindertransport-history&next=t

AJR International Forum on the Kindertransport

(2019) Published by AJR

There are several videos published by the Association of Refugees (AJR) documenting sessions from the International Forum on the Kindertransport, held in 2019 to mark the 8ß0th anniversary of the rescue effort. The channel hosts multiple recordings, including keynote talks, historical panels, and discussions on the contemporary relevance of the Kindertransport.

Alexander Gordon

by Ora Gordon; Published by Wikipedia

A Wikipedia entry about the life of the Kindertransport survivor Alexander Gordon, written by his daughter Ora Gordon, the president of the KTA.

Alfred and Susanne Batzdorff

Published by Listening for a Change

This testimony pair traces the intertwined lives of Alfred and Susanne Batzdorff, German-Jewish refugees from Breslau. Alfred escaped on the Kindertransport in 1938.

And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain

by Åsbrink, Elisabeth (2020); Published by Penguin Random House

Otto Ullmann, a Jewish boy, was sent from Austria to Sweden right before the outbreak of World War II. 13 year old Otto was granted permission to enter the country in accordance with the Swedish archbishop’s secret plan to save Jews on condition that they convert to Christianity. With thorough research, including files initiated by the predecessor to today’s Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) and 500+ letters, Elisabeth Åsbrink illustrates how Swedish society was infused with anti-Semitism, and how families are shattered by war and asylum politics.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/and-in-the-vienna-woods-the-trees-remain-the-heartbreaking-true-story-of-a-family-torn-apart-by-war-elisabeth-sbrink/835abb4fbe8f060a?aid=56539&ean=9781590519172&listref=kindertransport-history&next=t

And the Policeman Smiled

by Turner, Barry (1991); Published by London: Bloomsbury

A history of the Kindertransport movement. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.

Anglo-Jewry and the Refugee Children 1938-1945

by Hill, Paula (2002); Published by Ph.D. thesis, University of London

May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.