Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: Epstein, E.J. Dict. of the Holocaust, c1997: p. 158 (Kindertransport: successful transports of 9,354 German, Austrian, and Czech Jewish children to private homes and institutions in England from 1938-1939. The children were unescorted and their parents were left behind) Edelheit, A.J. History of the Holocaust, 1994: p. 269 (Kindertransporte (German): children's transports: convoys of trains or trucks made up entirely of Jewish children caught during Nazi roundups and transported to the death factories. The term was also used in some instances to denote convoys of children from Germany or other occupied countries that were able to leave Europe for temporary or permanent shelter)
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, 1984-2021
File — Box B452.01.0001: Series B452.01 [Barcode: U186023293460]
Identifier: B452.01.0001
Abstract
This box contains oral history interviews on DVD. The interviews are with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family.
Dates:
1984-2021
Erna Witsches Schmidmayer: A Holocaust Story from Kindertransport to Pioneer in Israel, 2016-09-16
Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0003
Abstract
Oral history interview with Erna Witsches Schmidmayer.
Erna, born in Odessa, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland); escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport to London, England in 1939; and her immigration to Palestine in 1946.
Dates:
2016-09-16
Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos
Collection
Identifier: B452
Abstract
This collection details the Grünfeld Heimann family Holocaust stories. Kurt Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann married in 1938 and took a train with family to Shanghai in 1940 to escape Nazi violence. They survived in the Shanghai Ghetto alongside thousands of other European Jewish refugees until they were able to relocate in 1948. Kurt, Lotte, and their young son relocated to the United States and settled in Denver, Colorado where their second child, Giselle, was born, and where they...
Dates:
1984-2021
Kindertransport Travel Instructions, 1939 May 29
Item
Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00008
Abstract
Letter from the Jewish Welfare and Youth Welfare Office in Berlin notifying the Loewensteins of Heinrich Loewenstein's [Henry Lowenstein, written in this letter as Ernst] place on the Kindertransport. The letter contains the date, time, and location of departure of the transport and Heinrich's permit number. Translation by Henry Loewenstein: "Jewish Welfare and Children's Care Organization, May 25, 1939. We notify you herewith that the transport to England in which your child Ernst is to...
Dates:
1939 May 29
Letter Announcing Heinrich Loewenstein's Place on the Kindertransport, after 1939 February 20
Item
Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00005
Abstract
Letter on Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children letterhead addressed to Dr. Max Loewenstein. The letter informed Dr. Max Loewenstein the committee had guaranteed a place for Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] on the Kindertransport. If further states that Heinrich's paperwork was received on February 20, 1939 and that the committee will deal with the German authorities. The English Parliament passed a law permitting German Jewish children to settle in England...
Dates:
after 1939 February 20
Letter from Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children, circa 1939
Item
Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00009
Abstract
Undated letter addressed to Dr. Max Loewenstein from the "Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children, associated with, The World Movement for the Care of Children from Germany. (British inter-aid Committee)." This letter informs the Loewensteins that they can send clothing to Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] in packages weighing less than 10 kilos to an address included in the letter through the British Post. The letter is signed by the secretary of the...
Dates:
circa 1939
Lowenstein Family Papers and Art
Collection
Identifier: B333
Abstract
Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925 to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. To escape Nazi brutality, he was sent on the Kindertransport to England in 1939. His parents, Dr. Max and Maria Loewenstein, and his half-sister, Karin Steinberg, remained in Berlin during World War II. Shortly after the war the family emigrated to the United States to avoid persecution. Materials in this collection include legal documents and correspondence,...
Dates:
1848-2014; Majority of material found within 1939-1948
Oral Histories, 1984-2021
Series
Identifier: B452.01
Abstract
This series contains Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees.
Dates:
1984-2021
Oral History Interview with Henry Lowenstein, 2011 February 5-20
Item
Identifier: B333.07.0001.0007.00002
Abstract
An unedited video interview with Henry Lowenstein on three DVDs. A fourth DVD holds the MP4 copies of the interview.
Dates:
2011 February 5-20
Oral History Interview with Rosi Wahl, 1984 May 2
Item
Identifier: B098.16.0012.00018
Abstract
Interview covers prewar experiences in Poland, antisemitism, and children's transport to Britain.
Dates:
1984 May 2