(2014) Published by Milli Segal
“Für das Kind” is dedicated to all who helped ten thousand – mostly Jewish – children in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland to escape and to survive the Nazi machinery of death between 1938 and 1939. The first Kindertransport from Vienna left on 10 December 1938 going from Westbahnhof to London, the last one on 22 August 1939. Visits by appointment.
by Grosz, Hanus, Kirsten Grosz and Anita Grosz (2000); Published by The Kindertransport Association
Beautiful photographs of the Kindertransport Memory Quilt panels combined with the moving stories behind each square. Can be purchased through the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI.
by Grosz, Hanus, Kirsten Grosz and Anita Grosz (2000); Published by The Kindertransport Association
Beautiful photographs of the Kindertransport Memory Quilt panels combined with the moving stories behind each square. Can be purchased through the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI.
In 1933 Meeting for Sufferings (the executive body of the Society of Friends) set up the Germany Emergency Committee (GEC), later renamed the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens (FCRA), in response to anti-Jewish laws of the new Nazi regime. This is a list of Kindertransport research resources.
by Robert Sugar
Exhibition by Robert Sugar Showings include:
by Hacker, Grosz, Kollisch
A selection of the interviews conducted by the KTA Oral History Project. Interviewers were all KT2. Interviews done at reunions in the early 1990’s. Placed online by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Interviews and transcripts are also at the Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan & the Wienner Library, London.
by Childers, Jennifer (2009); Published by U.S.A: The Wild Rose Press
A romance novel taking place in pre war Nazi Germany. Nurse Erika Lehmier cares for the children housed at Grafeneck Castle as though they were her own. When the SS confiscates Grafeneck, Erika discovers plans to turn the castle into a treatment center that will end the lives of children with disabilities. Erika must find a way to escape – or face the heartbreaking decision to give them a peaceful death by her own hand. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Samuels, Diane (1995); Published by New York: Plume
This play has been performed worldwide, on the West End, Off-Broadway, and in community theaters.
by Drucker, Olga Levy (1995); Published by New York: Henry Holt
Olga Levy Drucker’s Kindertransport memoir, covering her six years in England and reunion with her parents in 1945. Written for ages 9 – 15.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/kindertransport-olga-levy-drucker/3967133d218a25b8?aid=56539&ean=9780805042511&listref=kindertransport-for-young-readers&next=t(2008)
A collection of personal reminiscences and tributes from people who were rescued on the Kindertransport, collected by the Quakers in Great Britain in 2008.
A list of links compiled by the University of Pennsylvania Library.
by Fry, Helen P. (2005); Published by Tiverton, England: Halsgrove
This book details the training of some 90 young Jewish refugees – some of whom were Kinder – for immigration to Palestine. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by White, Jack (2017)
This website includes articles on various aspects of Kindertransport history, and links to many short videos.
by Hasten, Josh (2020); Published by Sound Cloud, The Land of Israel Network
In the age of Corona, this year’s annual Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day in Israel will be commemorated at home through technology. To discuss this reality and to share his story of survival with Josh Hasten, is Walter Bingham, who at 96, is the world’s oldest radio talk-show host. Hear how he survived Kristallnacht as a young teen, and was fortunate to make it to England on a Kindertransport. Bingham eventually made Aliyah where he continues to this day, his career in journalism. Don’t miss the interview with Bingham – a truly inspiring Jewish treasure and hero.
by Oppenheimer, Deborah and Mark Jonathan Harris (2000); Published by London: Bloomsbury
The companion book to the film. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Simon, Bob (2014); Published by 60 Minutes, CBS News
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 60 Minutes looks back at Bob Simon’s 2014 profile of Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 children from the Nazis. Video and transcript.
by Berman, Kathryn (2012); Published by Yad Vashem
My family had wanted to leave Germany together, but unfortunately we could not get a family visa. My parents wanted to leave Germany for Palestine. My mother was a Zionist, but they didn’t have enough money to leave… By saving her family, my mother ensured the continuation of her family. Only my parents were left in Berlin. In October 1942, they were sent to Theresienstadt, where my father perished in 1943.
by Gill, Alan (2005); Published by Pymble, NSW: Simon & Schuster Australia
Stories of Kindertransport and other young refugees who wound up in Australia. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Sim, Dorrith M. (1996); Published by New York: Harcourt Brace & Company
This book is suitable for very young children. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
This museum in London has a collection of documents relating to the Kindertransport.