“All emigrants are up to the physical, mental, and moral standards required”: A tale of two child rescue schemes

by Wendx Sims Schouten, Paul Weindling (February 8, 2022)

A scholarly article comparing two major British child-migration programs – the British Home Child scheme and the Kindertransport – with a focus on how ideas of mental and physical deficiency, eugenics, and biological determinism shaped decisions about which children were excluded or returned.