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THE EXHIBIT PANELS

1. The Kindertransport Journey. Overview.
The first Berlin transport, December 1, 1938

2. Five shots is Paris, Herschel Grynszpan, 17 years old, assassinates the German diplomate von Rath to avenge the deportation of his parents to Poland. November 7, 1938. With Ggod's help… I have to protect in such a way that the whole worlds hear my protest - Herschel Grynszpan.

3. The November 9 pogrom. Herschel's shots serve as pretext for the long planned pogrom. The nigh of terror began with loud banging and the sound of broken glass - Anne L. Fox

4. The Kindertransport rescue. The pogrom galvanized rescue efforts in Britain: the Jewish refugee committees and the government; chronology. Here is the chance of taking the young generation of a great people - Sir Samuel Hoare, in Parliament, November 21, 1938

5. The first transport from Vienna. Truus Wijsmuller saves 630 children on one train, December 10, 1938. We remind again that the luggage must contain nothing but the children's personal items. Any forbidden additions will result in the child not being taken along - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna

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