On the 75th anniversary, the Prince of Wales hosted a reception in honor of a few hundred aging Kindertransport participants.The prince spent two hours at the event, which was sponsored…
Nicholas Winton is someone whose life is a worthy subject. He was an English Holocaust rescuer who was the primary moving force behind the Kindertransport program that rescued Czech Jewish…
Nicky’s Family, out July 19, shows how the “British Schindler” saved hundreds of children from Hitler’s forces, including Masters’ own mom. My grandmother’s name was Sidonia, and she lived with…
‘If you look at anyone’s life, it’s pretty crazy. That you don’t end up on the rocks somewhere is just a miracle’ … director Michael Roemer. Photograph: Harold Shapiro. He…
One of the youngest children on the Kindertransport, Paul Alexander leads a successful life; his only regret is that he never hit a six in cricket. Perhaps the true heroes…
Edith Goldberg, Leeds, UK 11-year-old Edith Michel arrived in Leeds with her younger sister Irmgard – both found safe havens with Jewish families. Born in Kaiserslautern on May 13, 1928,…
A refugee from Nazi Germany has published a book for children to counter prejudice against Gypsies. Ruth Barnett, who came here on a Kindertransport from Berlin at the age of…
The 85-year-old former Kindertransport child and Haganah sniper is still talking sex in the media and making waves. By Debra Nussbaum Cohen In the Haaretz newspaper (you must register and…
Hanus Grosz with Kindertransport Quilts For more than five decades, Hanus Grosz did not know the name of the man who saved him from the Nazis. He did not know…
GERMANY: ‘Goldschmidts Kinder – Überleben in Hitlers Schatten’ – November 4th, 2013 at 23:30 on ARD Television, Germany. – November 5th, 2013 at 03:25 on ARD Television. – November 7th,…
GVL / Hannah Mico. The main character of “Kindertransport,” Eva, is played by Marllory Caillaud-Jones. For most people, it’s an accepted fact that six million Jews died in concentration camps…
Between 1938 and the outbreak of World War II, thousands of Jewish children living in Germany were sent to Great Britain on the Kindertransport. This move saved them from the…
On the evening of Dec. 2, a group of elderly men and women, some with their children and grandchildren, will gather at a Burbank mall to mark the 75th anniversary…
Performer Mona Golabek (left) chats with Ralph Samuel of Oakland and Ilse Eden of Berkeley. photo/dan pine With anti-Semitism rampant and war looming, Ralph Samuel fled his hometown of Dresden,…
Harry Themal, Deleware News Journal columnist This has been an important year for memorable anniversaries but for this columnist the most important occasion was 75 years ago. That was when…
A video interview is online with Kindertransportee Susanne Weiss Goldsmith and KT2 David Meyerhof. The City of Burbank, CA proclaims December 2, 2013, World Kindertransport Day….
Leo Metzstein, was one of the last of 10,000 Jewish children to flee Germany under the Kindertransport scheme before the war broke out in 1939. Born in Berlin, he was…
Gabrielle Dempsey (Eva) and Paula Wilcox (Lil) The revival of Diane Samuels’ Kindertransport has been prompted by the 75th anniversary of the first arrivals of the kinder, something that has…
Susanne Goldsmith. Goldsmith, 82, was whisked out of Nazi-occupied Vienna with her brother Peter on Dec. 10, 1938 on a Kindertransport. (Photo by John McCoy) Young Susanne and Peter Weiss…
LONDON — The operation was called Kindertransport – Children’s Transport – and it was a passage from hell to freedom. Kristallnacht had just rocked Nazi Germany. The pogroms killed dozens…