German and Austrian War Children In The Netherlands

Published by DOKIN

DOKIN is a Dutch documentation platform dedicated to the histories of German and Austrian refugee children who fled the Third Reich after Kristallnacht and found temporary refuge in the Netherlands. While the British Kindertransport is widely known, DOKIN highlights the lesser‑known fact that almost 2,000 children were admitted to the Netherlands between late 1938 and 1940. The site preserves their names, stories, letters, and the history of the Dutch homes and foster networks that sheltered them.