Stories of the Kindertransport
The British Scheme that Saved 10,000 Children from the Nazi Regime
In November 1938 the world was shocked by reports of Kristallnacht, the anti-Jewish violence that led to the burning of synagogues and the first mass arrests of Jewish men. A deputation of eminent British Jews pleaded with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to permit the temporary admission of young children and teenagers. By the time war was declared in 1939 this brave undertaking, known informally as the Kindertransport, had saved the lives of 10,000 children and teenagers.
The story of what it was like to grow up Jewish in Nazi Germany, to escape danger and fear, to leave family and friends, perhaps forever, is told here in the words of those directly involved. We hear the voices of two organisers, an English foster mother, two mothers sent their children into the arms of strangers, and 13 surviving children. This moving book is the authoritative account of an extraordinary undertaking.
Based on the feature-length documentary film.
