by Baumel, Judith Tydor (1990); Published by Juneau, AK: Denali Press
A scholarly book by the author of two theses on the Kindertransport movement. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Heckscher, Helmut (2017); Published by Xlibris
n this lively memoir, Helmut shares his experiences and adventures, starting with his childhood growing up as a Jew in Nazi Germany and his escape to the UK with the Kindertransport. He writes of working in a factory in England, his interment at the start of World War II, and nights in the subways of London during the Blitz. Helmut eventually reunited with his parents in Wisconsin, then was drafted into the Army. With a lively voice, Helmut tells the story of his remarkable life, and paints a picture of a refugee becoming an American in the 20th Century.
by Curio, Claudia (2006); Published by The Zentrum fuer Antisemitismusforschung of the Technische Universitaet Berlin
In this book, her doctoral dissertation, Claudia Curio delves into the question of why for so long pre-WWII emigration studies tended to overlook the Kindertransport experience in contrast to the attention given to the Youth Alijah. Through use of well documented case studies and extensive analysis Curio provides raises many issues of intimate concern to Kinder, and which, as she skillfully shows, had lasting influence on their lives. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Berkley, George E. (1988); Published by Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books
by Edelman, Gwen (2001); Published by New York: Penguin Putnam
by Gershon, Karen (1966); Published by New York: Harcourt Brace and World
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Hopkinson, Deborah (2020); Published by Scholastic Focus
Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth’s experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and arrests.
by Eliach, Yaffa (1990); Published by Brooklyn, NY: Center for Holocaust Studies and Documentation
May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Sonnert, Gerhard and Holton, Gerald (2006); Published by New York, Palgrave Macmillan
This book aims to create a collective biography of Jewish young people who were born in Germany or Austria between 1918 and 1935 and fled to the United States. It endeavors to present a statistical picture as well as to capture personal experiences based on a five-year, in-depth study. One of the book’s aims is to provide readers with information to influence the view of immigrant newcomers in the United States today.
by Zeller, Frederic (1989); Published by Sag Harbor, New York: Permanent Press
Frederic Zeller’s story of his childhood in Berlin and escape to Holland, where he joined a Kindertransport. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by Epstein, Helen (1997); Published by Boston: Little, Brown
A memoir of the lives of Epstein’s mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. May be out of print. Try your local library or Holocaust Memorial Center.
by London, Louise (2000); Published by Cambridge University Press