Event    From 1/12/1938  To 1/9/1939

Kindertransport

Categories: Children, Transport

Countries: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland

10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. This was organised mainly by World Jewish Relief, but many Quakers helped the children at stations on the journey and the Christadelphians assisted to relocate children by founding a hostel. The children were placed in British foster homes, hostels, and farms. At the end of the war most discovered that their families had been killed.

Frank Meisler is a good resource.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kindertransport

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Kindertransport - Kent

{Carved into the right side of the plinth:} Pro dítě {Czech for “for the chil...

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Kindertransport - Meisler

Such a sad and touching subject, these children can't fail but bring to mind ...

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Other Subjects

Sir John Kirk

Sir John Kirk

J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend.  Not to be confused with Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), the African explorer.  Sir John's great great grandson, Peter Mitchell, contacted us to sa...

Person, Children, Education, Philanthropy

1 memorial
James Henry Skipsey

James Henry Skipsey

James Henry Skipsey is the 1st on the right of the seven boys sitting in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born on 15 February 1900 in Walworth, the eldest of the thirteen children of Jame...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

2 memorials
Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Born Frankfurt, Germany. Died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.

Person, Children, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, Germany, Netherlands

3 memorials
Joe Cahill

Joe Cahill

Devoted many years of his life to working with young people at Coram's Fields. Died before Spring 1993.

Person, Children

1 memorial
William Beckham

William Beckham

William Beckham is the boy lying on his side on the left at the front in the photograph of the scout troop.  He was one of the ten children of William John Beckham (1870-1917) and Harriett Beckham...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

2 memorials