by Berth, Christine (2005); Published by Munich, Germany: Dolling und Galitz
Interviews. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center
by Friedler, Ya'acov (1994); Published by R. Padligur (Hagen)
Friedler became a journalist well known for his work for the Jerusalem Post and the Israeli radio network. As a Jewish school boy in a small Ruhr Valley town, he was transported to Holland and placed with other refugee children into an old orphanage where the treatment reminds the reader of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”. On the day of Holland’s capitulation he was able to escape to the UK on an old freighter which was strafed at sea by the Luftwaffe. In this book, we follow Friedler from childhood through his life today. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center
by Stephanie Simon (May 9, 2019); Published by NY1
This news article reports on Kindertransport survivor Dr. Ruth Westheimer‘s visit to a Kindertransport exhibition in Chelsea, New York. It highlights her personal story, her memories of the journey and also includes description of the exhibition‘s artifacts.
by Sharon Otterman (November 9, 2023); Published by The New York Times
This New York Times article explores Governor Kathy Hochul‘s appointment of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the famed sex therapist and Kindertransport survivor, as New York State‘s first Honorary Ambassador to Loneliness.
Published by Dunera & Queen Mary Association
The official website of the Dunera Association, an organisation dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the Dunera and Queen Mary internees who were transported from Britain to Australia in 1940.
Published by National Museum of Australia
A concise historical overview from the National Museum of Australia about the Dunera Boys, the group of over 2,000 mainly Jewish refugees from Nazi‑occupied Europe who were deported by Britain to Australia aboard the HMT Dunera in 1940. The page outlines their arrest, transport, internment, and later contributions to Australian cultural and intellectual life.
Published by State Library of NSW
A page informing about the 2025 exhibion from the State Library of New South Wales about the Dunera internees. The page outlines the exhibition‘s focus.
by Susanne Batzdorff (February 13, 1999); Published by America Magazine
A reflective article by Susanne Batzdorff, a refugee from Breslau and later wife of Kindertransport survivor Alfred Batzdorff. She discusses her aunt Edith Stein‘s canonization and what it signifies for Catholic-Jewish relations. The article blends personal family memory with commentary on interfaith understanding.
by Bea Lewkowicz and Anthony Grenville (2021); Published by Brill
In Émigré Voices Lewkowicz and Grenville present twelve oral history interviews with men and women who came to Britain as Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria in the late 1930s. Many of the interviewees rose to great prominence in their chosen career, such as the author and illustrator Judith Kerr, the actor Andrew Sachs, the photographer and cameraman Wolf Suschitzky, the violinist Norbert Brainin, and the publisher Elly Miller. The narratives of the interviewees tell of their common struggles as child or young adult refugees who had to forge new lives in a foreign country and they illuminate how each interviewee dealt with the challenges of forced emigration and the Holocaust. The voices of the twelve interviewees provide the reader with a unique and original source, which gives direct access to the lived multifaceted experience of the interviewees and their contributions to British culture.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/emigre-voices-conversations-with-jewish-refugees-from-germany-and-austria-anthony-grenville/21531879?ean=9789004469075&next=t&next=tby Tim Locke (17 July 2022); Published by WordPress
A blog post (written by a KT2) documenting the discovery of Dela Blakmar‘s letters, photos, and wartime papers which reveal a hidden love story between Hans Neumeyer and Dela Blakmar and her links to anti-Nazi resistance networks.
by Moratz, Ralph (2015)
Ralph Moratz writes of his childhood journey from Berlin, via Kindertransport to France, and in September 1941 to New York. One of his childhood companions was concert promoter Bill Graham.
(May 25, 2025) Published by San Francisco Regional Mensa
A recorded talk from the SFRM Monthly Speaker Series featuring Jason Camis (KT3, grandson of a Kindertransport survivor) and Benyamin Cohen (Senior Writer at The Forward). Camis shares the story of his grandmother’s 1939 escape from Nazi‑controlled Austria on the Kindertransport, offering a third‑generation perspective on family memory, rescue, and survival. Cohen presents a second historical narrative about a lesser‑known chapter of the Holocaust: the presence of 1,200 Nazis and their families living at a luxury resort in West Virginia during World War II.
by Carlson Berne, Emma (2017); Published by Capstone Press
Tells the stories in their own words of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/escaping-the-nazis-on-the-kindertransport-emma-bernay/1cf22be75942f159?aid=56539&ean=9781515745464&listref=kindertransport-for-young-readers&next=tby Angelika Rieber; Published by Jüdisches Leben in Frankfurt
A biographical profile of Felix Weil, a Jewish boy from Frankfurt who escaped Nazi persecution by travelling alone to England on the Kindertransport. His story traces the rupture of leaving home after the November 1938 pogroms, the journey to safety, and the challenges of beginning a new life in Britain while separated from his family.
by Rosa Doherty (April 17, 2019); Published by The Jewish Chronicle
A report from The Jewish Chronicle examining newly uncovered archival evidence showing that the Kindertransport rescue was shaped by discriminatory selection criteria. Contrary to the popular image of a purely humanitarian mission, documents reveal that British officials and some aid organisations preferred children who were “fit,” “intelligent,” and not “too Jewish”—criteria that excluded many of the most vulnerable. The article highlights how these findings complicate the narrative of the Kindertransport as an heroic rescue effort.
by Eisinger, Josef (2016); Published by Josef Eisinger
After a calm, middle-class childhood, the author escapes, at fifteen, from Nazi-occupied Vienna to Britain. He finds work as a farm ‘lad’ in Yorkshire, and then, as a dish washer in a Brighton hotel. Following the fall of France, he is interned as an ‘enemy alien’ and is transported to Canada.
Josef Eisinger, professor emeritus at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, is the author of more than 150 articles in scientific journals. His recent books, Einstein on the Road and Einstein at Home were published by Prometheus Books (2011, 2016).
https://bookshop.org/p/books/flight-and-refuge-reminiscences-of-a-motley-youth/b8be5f438be8c454?aid=56539&ean=9780692768334&listref=kindertransport-memoir&next=tby Dwork, Deborah and Jan Van Pelt, Robert (2009); Published by W.W. Norton & Co.
The authors of Auschwitz offer a comprehensive survey of various countries’ responses to the refugee crisis and their often self-serving motives. America, fearing immigrants would become public charges, required financial affidavits from Americans, which were very difficult to get. Britain granted transit visas to the Kindertransport children and visas to famous Jews such as Sigmund Freud. The Dominican Republic allowed refugees to work on agricultural colonies. Internment camps in the Soviet Union offered a chance for survival while camps in France were conduits to the concentration camps.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/flight-from-the-reich-refugee-jews-1933-1946-deborah-dwork/870c5456b54d3575?aid=56539&ean=9780393342642&listref=kindertransport-history&next=tby Pnina Rosenberg (2013); Published by Yeshiva University
Rosenberg’s article looks at Frank Meisler’s Kindertransport memorials and explores how their design, symbolism, and placement shape public understanding of the Kindertransport. She discusses how the sculptures evoke themes of separation, movement, and survival, and how they function as powerful tools of Holocaust education by inviting emotional and historical reflection.
by Jane Brooks (2019); Published by Berghahn Books
This article examines the experiences of Kindertransport girls who entered the nursing profession in Britain during the Second World War. Brooks shows how these young refugees navigated barriers such as restrictions on “enemy aliens,” workplace discrimination, and the emotional burden of displacement. At the same time, she highlights how nursing offered many of them a path toward stability, belonging, and professional opportunity. The study draws on personal testimonies to illuminate both the challenges and the empowering aspects of their wartime training and work.
(December 3, 2013) Published by Intidings
A short news segment marking World Kindertransport Day and the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport.