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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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