by Katz, Fred Emil (1993); Published by State University of New York Press
What is it in the behavioral makeup of ordinary people, operating in the course of ordinary daily living, that lends itself to participating in horrendous activities – and doing so at times with zeal, at times with joy, at times without duress? Katz demonstrates that we do not need any special behavioral equipment for doing evil. The very same behaviors can take us in both directions for either living humanely and decently or for doing evil. This book demonstrates how some of these processes work, and sensitizes us to the potential for evil in our ongoing daily activities. This knowledge about ordinary behavior can empower us to take charge of our own direction, and help us turn away from beguilings of evil when they come our way.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/ordinary-people-and-extraordinary-evil-a-report-on-the-beguilings-of-evil-fred-emil-katz/9201c875aef58138?aid=56539&ean=9780791414422&listref=if-you-are-interested-in-the-kindertransports-you-might-be-interested-in&next=tby Hensley, Jason (2016)
Christadelphians, the Kindertransport, and Rescue from the Holocaust “Part of the Family” is a book and video project attempting to catalogue the lives and experiences of Jewish refugees who lived with Christadelphians during the 1930s and 1940s. To that end, if readers know of anyone who could possibly be included in a future volume, please contact us.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/part-of-the-family-christadelphians-the-kindertransport-and-rescue-from-the-holocaust/9d9f1fe18abd2d5f?ean=9781532740534&next=t&next=tby Foner, Henry (2013); Published by Yad Vashem Publications
Henry Foner (Heinz Lichtwitz), who had lost his mother at a young age, was sent from Berlin to Wales and lived there with a Jewish couple, who provided him with a warm, loving home. From the moment they parted, Henry’s father sent him colorful illustrated postcards written in German and later on in English. This authentic and moving document presents the postcards and letters that Henry received from his father and other relatives and friends, along with their translation. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Lieberz-Gross, Till and Rieber, Angelika (2012)
The focus of our work is to keep in memory the lives of former Jewish Frankfurt citizens and to learn and teach about present-day Jewish life.
by Sharples, Carolyn (2006); Published by Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History
This article analyses the memoirs of the former refugees themselves and sets out the case for re-examining popular representations of the scheme, addressing the diversity of experience for the children once in England, the hardships and emotional upheaval encountered during this stage of their young lives and looking at some of the limitations of the Kindertransport itself. Volume 12, Number 3, pp. 40-62 May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Kushner, Tony (2006); Published by Manchester University Press
Chapter 4 deals specifically with the Kindertransports. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Muller-Knospe, Bernd (2017); Published by Grin Publishing
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Hodge, Deborah (2012); Published by Tundra Books
This book, for children aged 10 and older, includes a compilation of accounts of Kindertransport children and is illustrated with archival photographs, paintings by artist Hans Jackson, and quilt squares created by the Kinder commemorating their rescue.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/rescuing-the-children-the-story-of-the-kindertransport-deborah-hodge/06cf870d777cbf15?aid=56539&ean=9781770492561&listref=kindertransport-for-young-readers&next=tby Shmuel Refael (Editor), Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz (Editor) (2021); Published by Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
This book is composed of over 30 chapters written by prominent researchers worldwide who belong to the “Second Generation” and “Third Generation” of Holocaust offspring.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/researchers-remember-research-as-an-arena-of-memory-among-descendants-of-holocaust-survivors-a-collected-volume-of-academic-autobiographies-judith-tydor-baumel-schwartz/17407166?ean=9783034341547&next=t&next=tby Rieber, Angelika and Lieberz-Gross, Till (2019); Published by Fachhochschulverlag
Seven authors have collaborated with the project Jewish Life in Frankfurt am Main to research and compile biographies of children transport children. These life stories vividly show how the National Socialist policies affect life of the children and how the forced escape from Germany and the most final Separation of relatives shaped their lives.
by Bechhofer, Susie and Jeremy Josephs (1996); Published by London: I.B. Tauris
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Pfeffer Vignola, Janet & Pfeffer Pfaff, Margaret (2016); Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
An intergenerational journey of a family’s life, heartbreak and triumph before, during and after the Holocaust. Written by two KT2s.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/salt-of-the-earth-an-intergenerational-journey-of-a-family-s-life-heartbreak-and-triumph-before-during-and-after-the-holocaust/9694ad1c7008fc0a?aid=56539&ean=9781537511566&listref=kindertransport-memoir&next=tby Grunfeld, Judith (1980); Published by London: Soncino Press
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Benz, Wolfgang, Claudia Curio and Andrea Hummel, eds (Fall 2004); Published by Kindertransporte 1938/39 - Rescue and Integration. Special Issue 23, no. 1
This entire issue is dedicated to “Kindertransporte 1938/39 – Rescue and Integration”. The table of contents is available here. Online access to the articles requires a login account to Project MUSE.
by Dubrovsky, Gertrude (2003); Published by Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Six cousins from Leipzig, aged 7 months to 14 years, were among the 2,000 Kindertransport children who arrived in Cambridge. The story of these children brings to life the issues faced by all who travelled on the Kindertransports. Six from Leipzig puts the subject into historical perspective and will be invaluable to those who want to know how rescue was organized, by whom, and under what circumstances. It also emphasizes the role played by women in the rescue of these children, and in running refugee children’s committees; a fact that has not received the attention that it deserves.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/six-from-leipzig-gertrude-dubrovsky/990010068f9464e8?aid=56539&ean=9780853034704&listref=kindertransport-memoir&next=tby Kranzler, David and Gertrude Hirschler, eds. (1982); Published by New York: Judaica Press
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Wyden, Peter (1992); Published by Simon and Schuster
The story of Stella Goldschlag, whom Wyden knew as a child, when both were students at the Goldschmidt School in Berlin, and who later became notorious as a “catcher” in wartime Berlin, hunting hidden Jews for the Nazis. A compelling, moving and harrowing chronicle of Stella’s agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inherited by her daughter in Israel.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/stella-one-woman-s-true-tale-of-evil-betrayal-and-survival-in-hitler-s-germany-peter-wyden/1551b6f19bd7106f?aid=56539&ean=9780385471794&listref=if-you-are-interested-in-the-kindertransports-you-might-be-interested-in&next=tby Segal, Lore and Kluger, Ruth (2003); Published by Feminist Press
Stunning contemplation of human relationships, power, and the creation of history through the prism of one woman’s Holocaust survival… Kluger dives in and out of her narrative to consider such topics as her imperfect relationship with her family, her creation of herself as a social being, and the encounters and relationships she’s had with Germans since the war… A work of such nuance, intelligence, and force that it leaps the bounds of genre. – Kirkus
https://bookshop.org/p/books/still-alive-a-holocaust-girlhood-remembered-ruth-kluger/84758303997be6e4?aid=56539&ean=9781558614369&listref=kindertransport-memoir&next=tby Marcus, Brian and Hersh, June (2016); Published by Itasca Books
The book melds portraits of Holocaust Survivors, including several Kindertransport Survivors, with meaningful quotes to create a living legacy that both honors and informs. Their portraits reveal insight into who they are and their quotes speak volumes of how they feel the world should be. Browse the online gallery of portraits, draw strength from the quotes and join in the conversation by sharing your own family’s story. Profits from the sale of Still Here will go to charities supporting Holocaust education.
by Jennifer Krebs (July 29, 2025); Published by Legacy Book Press, LLC (audio: Live Oak Studios)
A riveting and impeccably researched intergenerational family saga of loss, resilience and love written by a KT2. Unique among second-generation memoirs, this book shines a light on some lesser-known stories of migration and adaptation.