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.
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.
(October 19, 2022) Published by Austrian Cultural Forum
A film about the exhibition ‘Für das Kind / For the Child‘ – Launch Event in Ottowa.
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.
(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.
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.
(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.
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.
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-
(7 May, 2019) Published by MacShul - McDonald International Shul
Elaine Smith tells the moving Kindertransport story of her late mother Miriam Blumenthal.
(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.
by Presland, John (1944); Published by Bloomsbury House
Out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
(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.
by Smith, Edward Abel (2017); Published by Kwill Books
(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.
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.
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.
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=tby 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.
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.