USHMM USHMM USHMM USHMM USHMM Remembering the Past, Teaching for the Future The Kindertransport Association (KTA) is a not-for-profit organization that Connects these Child Holocaust Survivors and descendants, Educates by…
…Holocaust history that had truly never been explored. With the help of the Simon Wiesenthal Center the KTA began searching for the Kindertransport children who had come to the United…
…member of the Executive Board of KTA. The exhibit The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History is composed of 17 panels (16 are 30″ x 40″; 1 is 20″ x 30″),…
…their allies. The Kindertransport children are child Holocaust survivors. Why is the Kindertransport important? The Kindertransport saved only 10,000 children, a small number compared to the million and a half…
These resources have been compiled by the Kindertransport Association as an effort to make it easier for students, researchers, Kindertransport generations, and all interested parties to locate Kindertransport materials available…
…Rotterdam Quarantine Station. In Memoriam to Norbert and Ignatz Kalter by Kind Lothar Frenkel Kind Lothar Frenkel, the sole survivor of his family, commemorates the lives of two uncles he…
…enjoyed beautiful homes and shuls and a special Jewish community, but now, Nazi soldiers marched through Vienna’s streets. Despite the Nazi danger, Rabbi Schonfeld had traveled to Vienna to help…
…University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute. The exhibit opened in New York in November 2018 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of Kindertransport, the operation that rescued…
The Jewish Community Center opens a new exhibit, “A Thousand Kisses: Stories of the Kindertransport,” and, along with the Holocaust Education Resource Center of Milwaukee, presents it with several related…
…spring Commemorative trip. Please click the registration button below to make your payment. Trip Insurance The KTA strongly urges all participants to purchase travel insurance for coverage…
Just months before the earth-shattering tragedy of Kristallnacht occurred in Germany in November 1938, awakening the Jewish community to a new reality, the family of Heinz Birnbrei already knew their…
…them. Thousands are alive today as a result of his efforts. A recent movie, One Life, tells this moving story. We can still catch a commemorative concert marking the 85th…
…streets,” Neumann recalled. As soon as she arrived at school, her teacher said, “Something horrible happened last night. Your parents have been alerted, and they will come pick you up.”…
…community. Decker, 84 and a Boca Raton resident, was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was one of a group of 50 Jewish children who were sent to Frankfurt by their…