by Taylor, Marilyn (2001); Published by History Ireland
The story of the Refugee Resettlement Farm, which existed in Millisle, County Down from 1938 to 1948, is one of the little-known ‘secret histories’ of the Second World War in Ireland. To this remote, disused farm on the beautiful Ards peninsula, came, in the late 1930s, Jewish children who escaped on Kindertransports, together with older members of religious Zionist youth groups, and some adults, all refugees from Nazi terror.
by Gottlieb, Amy (1998); Published by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Lichtenstein, Jonathan (2006); Published by London: Nick Hern Books Limited
A drama involving a Kindertransport family, Memory was first performed at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Wales in November 2006 and subsequently produced at the 59E59 Theaters in New York City in 2007. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Gold, Michele (2014); Published by Kotarim International Publishing, Ltd
Memories That Won’t Go Away tells the stories of hundreds of these kinder. Their experiences as strangers in a strange land were often complicated and painful, but as this book illustrates, the rescued children – and their many thousands of descendants – remain grateful to the nation that saved them.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/memories-that-won-t-go-away-a-tribute-to-the-children-of-the-kindertransport-michele-m-gold/bc73ed73e0747b4c?aid=56539&ean=9789657589106&listref=kindertransport-history&next=tby Adam Gidnitz (2024); Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London.
Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But not for long. Max is surprised to discover that he’s been joined by two unexpected traveling companions, one on each shoulder, a kobold and a dybbuk named Berg and Stein.
Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return to Berlin. It merely involves accomplishing the impossible: becoming a British spy.
The first book in a duology, Max in the House of Spies is a thought-provoking World War II story as only acclaimed storyteller Adam Gidwitz can tell it—fast-paced and hilarious, with a dash of magic and a lot of heart.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/max-in-the-house-of-spies-adam-gidwitz/20582785?aid=56539&ean=9780593112083&listref=kindertransport-fictionby Patricia Carley
A collection of Margot Jungermann Hanau’s reminiscences interwoven with historical background that bring to life ‘Der Kindertransport’ or exodus of 10,000 German-Jewish children to England in the early years of what history calls World War II.
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Kahn, Margaret (2016); Published by Mercy Community
Margaret Kahn, née Jonas, tells her lifer story, from Kindertransport on December 1, 1938 to a teaching hospital in London, marriage and life in Connecticut. At 94, she still volunteers to speak with young students.
by Brookner, Anita (2002); Published by New York: Random House
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Martin, Margaret (2010); Published by D R Green
Gerard Gould is a teacher and director of amateur drama with a uniquely charismatic personality, and those gifts are rare enough to merit attention; but the life of the man behind the work is truly fascinating. He was born Günter Goldstein in Germany in 1922, the youngest child of a prosperous Jewish family. He was a witness (and a perceptive, profoundly intelligent witness) to the gathering horror that was Nazi Germany. He came to England on a Kindertransport.
by Debra Green (2024); Published by Denouement Press
A novel written by KT2 Debra Green.
There are the families we are born into and the families we choose.
Suburbia—the quintessential quagmire of coexistence. Strangers of varied ethnicities and financial statuses meet at the local gas station, supermarket, and café and speak in snippets of feigned and genuine cordiality. People with whom we rarely envision sharing anything more of ourselves … until we do.
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Moskovitz, Sarah (1983); Published by New York: Schocken Books
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Steinitz, Lucy and David Szonyi, eds. (1976); Published by New York: Bloch Publishing
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Voorhoeve, Anne C (2008); Published by Ravensburger Verlag
Contained within the story of ten-year-old Ziska (Franziska Mangold) is a whole slice of prewar and wartime history, from Kristallnacht to Auschwitz, from the Kindertransport taking Jewish children to safety in England (hence the title ‘Liverpool Street’) to the varied fortunes of the young refugees, and from wartime sacrifices to deportations to the Isle of Man. This moving novel portrays the growing up of a young girl amongst scenes of great tragedy. Currently available in German only, translations will soon be released: USA (Penguin); France; Netherlands. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Wolfenden, Barbara (2008); Published by Praeger
As Europe prepared for war, the newly-founded Stoatley Rough School began to shelter hundreds of traumatized Jewish children fleeing (usually alone) from Nazi persecution. Little Holocaust Survivors, based on dozens of original interviews, tells their stories, and the stories of the teachers and benefactors who created this refuge in a country house on a hillside in Surrey, donated by its philanthropic owner. Author Barbara Wolfenden (wife of one of the boys educated at Stoatley Rough) has interviewed many of the children (both ‘Hut Boys’ and ‘Household Girls’) from the school. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Figes, Eva (1988); Published by New York: Persea Books
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Bayer, Gerd and Freiburg, Rudolf (2009); Published by Koenigshausen & Neumann
The chapter “Die Erfahrung des Kindertransports in der Englischen Literatur,” by Christoph Houswitschka, pages 76-97, may be of interest. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Robbins, Trina (2011); Published by Lerner Publishing Group
In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily’s life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. In this graphic novel for readers 10-14, follow the story of a brave girl who becomes an artist of heroes and a true pioneer in comic books.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/lily-ren-e-escape-artist-from-holocaust-survivor-to-comic-book-pioneer-trina-robbins/6c10ce077c6de005?aid=56539&ean=9780761381143&listref=kindertransport-for-young-readers&next=tby Roth, Milena (2004); Published by Seattle: University of Washington Press
In 1939, in the shadow of Hitler’s occupation of Czechoslovakia, six-year-old Milena Roth was sent away from her home and her loving parents and taken to safety by what came to be know as the Kindertransport, which rescued ten thousand Jewish children from the Holocaust and placed them with guardians in England. When she boarded the train in Prague, expecting to be reunited soon with her parents, Milena was aware of the danger and terror that surrounded her: “I knew I would die if I didn’t go.”
https://bookshop.org/p/books/lifesaving-letters-a-child-s-flight-from-the-holocaust-milena-roth/3d4e87f4c8b33286?aid=56539&ean=9780295999043&listref=kindertransport-memoir&next=tby Green, Jessica (2016); Published by European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Blog
A mapped series of transcribed letters written by children while in transit on the first Kindertransport on 1 December 1938. The letters are addressed to their families back in Germany while the children are leaving them behind for the safety of England. They were subsequently transcribed by an anonymous source and sent to the JCIO by somebody who identified himself as Herr Flörsheim (or Mr Flörsheim) from Amsterdam. Beyond those few details, nothing is known about the specific provenance of this item or the individual children who wrote the letters themselves.
by Laxova, Renata (2001); Published by Cincinnati, OH: Custom Editorial Productions
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.