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)
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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