Ruth Zimbler, a Kristallnacht Holocaust Survivor reflection on how that day changed her life forever. On December 10th (a month after Kristallnacht), Ruth and her 6-year-old brother were sent on…
A bronze statue honouring children saved from Nazi Europe could be displayed in Harwich if plans are approved.
Sir David Attenborough has spoken about the sisters from Berlin his family took in after they had fled Nazi Germany through the Kindertransport. The sisters, Irene and Helga Bejach, arrived…
A new book which sheds light on the experiences of children of Kindertransport and their families has been published.The book, called the Berlin Shadow, reveals how Hans Lichtenstein’s experience deeply…
…who went on the Kindertransport during the Holocaust. “They were consulted as part of the process and the fictitious character Leo is a composite of all of their real-life experiences”…
Nicholas Winton’s 111th Birthday The Google Doodle on 19 May marks what would have been the 111th birthday of Sir Nicholas Winton, who single-handedly saved 669 Jewish children from the…
The 75th anniversary of VE Day was made extra special for 250 older residents of Leeds Jewish Housing Association (LJHA) when they received bumper gift boxes to mark the occasion….
Mr. Toren, who died of the coronavirus, was a patent lawyer who recovered a relative’s stolen painting amid a large cache of works discovered in Germany. David’s father managed to…
Siegfried Fred Singer was born on Sept. 27, 1924, in Vienna to Joseph Singer, a jeweler, and his wife, Anna, according to the 2004 book “Shapers of the Great Debate…
A caller made a moving appeal to listeners to help him locate his father who was on the Kindertransport in 1939.
A grandmother who settled in northeast England told the story of how she escaped on a Kindertransport at the age of 13….
The son of a couple who helped 200 Jewish refugee children escape to North Wales during World War Two has made an emotional return to the place he was born….
THe Kindertranspport Journey Trip met with students at the Kindertransport Memorial at Hook of Holland before boarding the ferry to Harwich, July 10, 2019
Before the Second World War broke out in the Netherlands, large parts of Europe were already ravaged by the Nazis. Jewish parents who feared for the lives of their children…
Four Holocaust survivors and 14 descendants of other Jews rescued by “Kindertransporte” traveled to Berlin on Friday, 80 years later. In cities through which the transports passed. Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam,…
Holocaust-Überlebende und ihre Angehörigen besuchen Berlin. Sie fahren die Strecke der Kindertransporte nach, durch die sie gerettet wurden.
Traumatische Ereignisse können Menschen ein Leben lang begleiten. Sie werden ein Teil der Persönlichkeit und lassen sich auch nach Jahren oder Jahrzehnten nicht vergessen. Einer, der mit einem solchen Trauma…
The children saved during the National Socialist era still know exactly how they felt then. We should also look more closely at today’s refugee children, which they have already experienced…
Article on Austrian Kind and soccer player Hans Menasse.
Sie wurden in der NS-Zeit von den Eltern weggegeben und so gerettet, jetzt kommen die “Kinder” mit ihren eigenen Kindern wieder….