Kindertransport

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

Andrew Hesketh’s new book tells the story of the children who played an important role in Zionist history

By Andrew Hesketh

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July 28, 2023 09:08

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

First pictures of Nicholas Winton film with Anthony Hopkins as 'British Schindler'

The movie will tell the story leading up to his emotional reunion with children he save from Nazis

By Nicole Lampert

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July 24, 2023 17:54

First pictures of Nicholas Winton film with Anthony Hopkins as 'British Schindler'

Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space

Ben Abeles co-invented a thermoelectric generator used to power Nasa's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 15, 2023 11:01

Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space

By Ruth Anderson

Let’s all celebrate the mensch that is Alf Dubs

The Labour peer has done so much for so many, and is still going strong as he turns 90

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June 1, 2023 12:24

Let’s all celebrate the mensch that is Alf Dubs

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

Her advancing years haven’t slowed down Lore Segal’s urge to fictionalise life. The Other People’s Houses author reveals why she still writes

By Jennifer Lipman

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March 9, 2023 18:38

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

In a story never told before: Up to two dozen Jewish girls were supported by Tyneside's Jewish community in the lead-up to the outbreak of the Second World War

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 17, 2023 15:48

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

The legacy of the hundreds of musicians who fled the Nazis to these shores is celebrated in a new exhibition

By Jenni Frazer

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January 13, 2023 10:17

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

By Jonathan Freedland

Pretending the Kindertransport was a part of a 'noble tradition' is ignorant of history

Special provision was made for children because Britain refused to let in their parents

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March 15, 2022 17:50

Pretending the Kindertransport was a part of a 'noble tradition' is ignorant of history

The Kindertransport changed so many lives, but it had its failings

King Charles marks 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht by meeting Kindertransport refugees