...Thousands of children were saved from imminent death by Nazis due to Kindertransport, also known as Children Transport (Goodman). They were smuggled through borders of various countries and predominantly ended up in the United Kingdom (Goodman). A large variety of “religious and secular groups” volunteered to help the children to the best of their abilities (Goodman). Kindertransport, an organization created to save Jewish children from Nazi Germany, preserved the lives of 10,000 kids. Before Kindertransport was created, the oppression of Jews began. Many laws made by Nazis had one purpose: to limit the rights and freedoms of Jewish people (Holtman). This harmed the psychological health of Jewish children because they were forced to witness...
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...German-occupied territories. Severe anti-semitism caused many Jewish people to be in grave danger, even children. One particularly heinous act called Kristallnacht, which translated means “Night of Broken Glass”, led the British government to rethink their hesitance to refuse Jewish refugees entry to their country. After this, efforts were made to coordinate the rescue of many Jewish people and the focus was heavily on children. Thus, the Kindertransport was born. On November 9, 1938 in Nazi Germany, over 1,000 synagogues were destroyed, 700 Jewish shops were attacked, and over 90 people were killed in an event labeled Kristallnacht. Hearing about this atrocity promoted a debate in the British House of Commons regarding Jewish refugees. The British government had...
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...Kindertransport * 1938-1940 * Was the formal name of a series of rescue efforts which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940. * Following Kristallnacht, which was a violent pogrom staged by the Nazi authorities to destroy Jewish property November 9-10, 1938, the British government eased immigration restrictions for certain categories of Jewish refugees. * Spurred by British public opinion and the persistent efforts of refuge aid committees, like the Committee for the Jews of Germany and the Movement for the care of Children from Germany, British authorities agreed to permit a number of unspecified children under the age of 17 to enter Great Britain. * Organization and private citizens had guaranteed to pay for each child’s care, education and eventual emigration from Britain. * In return for the guarantee, the British government agreed to allow the unaccompanied refugee children to enter the country on temporary travel visas. At the time it was understood that after the “crisis was over” the children would return to their families. * Parent or guardians could not accompany their children. * Infants were tended by other children in the transport. * The first Kindertransport arrived in Harwich, Great Britain on December 2, 1938 bringing around 200 children from a Jewish orphanage in Berlin which was destroyed in the Kristallnacht pogrom. * Many transports left by train...
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...he started anti-Semitic attitudes towards the Jews. Jewish families were concerned about their children because his opposition towards the Jews grew more. People in Britain and other European countries responded by trying to find a way to save Jews. The British government and the Jewish parents saved Jewish children from the Holocaust by working together to get the children out of Germany. One reason is why they did this is because Jewish parents were worrying about Adolf Hitler getting more powerful. As he got more powerful he would not like the Jews more and more. In the text it states that,"Many people, Germans included, were terrified of Adolf Hitler's extremely fast rise to power.” The author ,"This growing tension was causing a lot of fear in many Jewish families, who were quickly noticing Hitler's anti-Semitic policies.". My evidence backs up my claim because it states why Jewish parents were beginning to be afraid of Hitler and that Hitler was getting powerful. Another reason is that many Jews were concerned about living in Nazi places. They feared that the Nazis would hurt them. The author states that,"Many Jews sensed danger coming and fled Germany and surrounding countries,...
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...He was quoted as saying, “It’s not enough what you do for yourself. You have to try also to do something for people who are less lucky than you are or need your help and support.” Norbert survived the Holocaust, but sadly his wife and child perished. Norbert Wollheim and the other coordinators of the Kindertransport showed tremendous compassion for the innocent Jewish children whose lives were put at risk by the Nazis. It took intelligence, courage, and heart to secure the freedom of the approximately 10,000 children they were able to save. They no doubt would have continued their work if the borders had not closed in 1940. When I asked my mom if I could have a Wizard of Oz themed Bat Mitzvah she told me that if I could find a way to connect it to my Jewish journey I could do it. I wasn't sure at first that there was a connection, but when I thought about the personal qualities emphasized in the Wizard of Oz, I realized that the quest for justice and compassion means seeking knowledge like the scarecrow, opening our hearts like the tin man, and finding our courage like the...
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...During World War II, fear and panic was rampant in Europe. Many people, Germans included, were terrified of Adolf Hitler. Many people were very worried about children, especially Jewish children, who were living in these Nazi-occupied countries. Adolf Hitler a German ruler who grew to power in response to Kristallnacht, a committee called The British Jewish Refugee Committee appealed to and asked to provide safe transport and passage for Jewish children to England. From Britain they could then travel to America, Belgium, or Holland, or stay in England. The British Jewish Refugee Committee arranged for the children to live in England with sponsors. The Kindertransportation Association exists Now to help raise awareness of the Kindertransport and also connect survivors and their children to other survivors and their host families.As Hitler's power grew, so did his...
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...consulted -At least 50 note cards with notes from your research. At least 20 of those note cards should have direct quotes -A working thesis statement -A sentence outline -A 2-4 page research paper -A formal MLA works cited page (using the main sources from your source cards) Library Dates: Period 4- 11/18, 11/20, 11/26 Period 5- 11/18, 11/19, 11/25 Topic Ideas Survivors of Genocide Righteous Gentiles Danish Boat Resuce Chambon sur Lignon- Village in France Jewish Resistance Movements Simon Wiesenthal- Holocaust Rescuer Raoul Wallenberg – Holocaust Rescuer Oskar Schindler – Holocaust Rescuer Elie Wiesel – Victim and author Miep Gies – Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank Voyage of The St. Louis Kindertransport – Series of transport systems designed to get Jewish children out of harm’s way Roméo Dallaire- Rescuer during Rwanda genocide Philippe...
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...homosexuals, Gypsies, and elderly people went through traumatic experiences and many were murdered in huge masses. The children of the Holocaust and the children of Holocaust survivors, however, suffered more physically and emotionally because they were given away, tortured, left alone, and put through many hardships. When the Nazis came into power in 1933, Jews were targeted from the very beginning. Laws were implemented and they had a severe impact on the lives of children. The laws restricted the number of Jewish children that could attend school, it banned children from many public...
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...many other brave Jews, Tzipora tried to resist the Nazis by purposefully allowing defective weapons through, often explosives. Tzipora attests that she would make sure the guards thought she was doing an efficient job at inspecting the artillery while they were supervising- but the moment they finished with her training, she began admitting faulty weapons. Ultimately, her liberty came on her 16th birthday- May 10, 1945. After being freed, she found that her mother and brother Naftalli had also managed to survive the Holocaust, and so they immigrated to the United States. There, Tzipora Hager met and later married her husband, David Meiss Halvini. Lory Cahn was just a kid when her parents told her she was to be sent to Britain on the Kindertransport, and this was the plan. However, when the time came and the train was departing, her father pulled her out of the moving train. Lory never got another chance to be sent away to safety. Eventually, Lory’s chance to go came since they were being influenced to board another set of trains, but she was hesitant to leave her parents. Lory Cahn decided to embark on an unpredictable journey, unfortunately, the train Lory Cahn boarded would lead her and others to Auschwitz. This marked the beginning of Lory’s stay in multiple different concentration camps – eight in total. By the end of Lory’s time in the camp, she weighed a sickly total of 58lbs. The woman stated, “I told myself I’d survived long enough to make it to the very end,” true to her...
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...During the Holocaust, millions of Jews, gypsies, and members of other groups were persecuted and murdered by Nazi occupied Europe. However, many forget to acknowledge that among these were children. It may never be known exactly how many children were murdered but it is said that as many as some 1.5 million children may have fell victim to the Nazi party. Although children were not a main target of the Nazi's violence, they did fall subject to persecution along with their parents. Jewish children were first exposed to persecution in school. Many of their friends who were not Jewish began not socializing with them and even began to treat them in prejudice ways. This was soon followed with the announcement that, "German Jewish children were prohibited from attending German schools (www.mtsu.edu/.baustin/children.html). The life of children had quickly become as torn apart as their parents. However, there were more efforts to help the children escape the grips of the Nazi rule. Before 1939, several thousand children were able to escape in "Kindertransports to the Netherlands, Great Britain, Palestine, and the United States (www.mtsu.edu/.baustin/children.html). Those who were not able to escape were placed in ghettos and transit camps. These ghettos and transit camps served as the foreground to the death and slave labor camps that would soon follow. It was written in a Jewish diary, A Jewish ghetto in the traditional sense is impossible; certainly a closed ghetto is...
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...the age of thirteen and how, although her life was taken at such a young age, her memory and spirit continue to live on today. Adapted from the book of the same title by Karen Levine, HANA’S SUITCASE explores the journey of teacher and children at the Tokyo Holocaust Education Center take to find out who Hana Brady is—all from a suitcase the Center received with Hana’s name, birth date, and the word waisenkind (orphan) written on it. The children at the Center are captivated by this suitcase, and the girl who once owned it, and they begin flooding Fumiko Ishioka, the Center’s Director, with question after question about Hana. Fumiko recognizes the importance of uncovering Hana’s story for her students. This tragic event cannot be summed up in numbers or facts— it affected individuals, young and old, who each had a story, families, and hopes and dreams. As Fumiko slowly but determinedly reveals Hana’s story, she discovers that Hana was sent to live in Theresienstadt, a Jewish ghetto, and eventually died at Auschwitz. However, as devastating as this is for Fumiko and the children at the Center to find out, they also learn that Hana had an older brother who survived the Holocaust and was now living with his family in Canada. Fumiko and the children write to George Brady, asking him to share...
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