PAST KTA EVENTS
Kindertransport Audio Visual Exhibit
APRIL 15-25, 2010 11AM - 11:30PM
Audio-visual Pop up sculpture on the Kindertransport by Ralph Koltai,CBE, set designer, artist and Kindertransport survivor, is on view at the BFI Southbank atrium, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT
Separation for Survival: Remembering the Kindertransport
APRIL 12, 2010 6:30PM
The North Peninsula’s community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration “Separation for Survival: Remembering the Kindertransport” takes place at 6:30 p.m. April 12 at Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. For details, call (650) 341-7701
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Beth Torah’s Yom HaShoah event “The Kindertransport”
APRIL 11, 2010 7:30PM
Temple Beth Torah’s Yom HaShoah event “The Kindertransport” at 7:30 p.m. April 11 includes guest speaker KTA member Ralph Samuel. 42000 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont. For more information, call (510) 656-7141
KTA Exhibit in North Carolina
FEBRUARY 1-28, 2010 10AM-4PM
“The Kindertransport Journey: Memory Into History,” the 17 panel exhibit created by the Kindertransport Association consisting of photos, personal testimony and historical background can be seen at the Kings Mountain Art Center.301 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, NC, 28086(704) 739-558510 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sunday
KTA Hanukkah Party
DECEMBER 20, 2009 2PM
A festive gathering with lunch and a screening of the film The Ritchie Boys. $18. The Brotherhood Synagogue, 28 Gramercy Park South (20th st near 3rd Ave) New York City. Call 718-229-0204 to rsvp.
World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust 21st International Conference
OCTOBER 30, 2009 to NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Generation to Generation... L'Dor V'Dor Child survivors, spouses, families, second and third generation members welcome. Advance registration required. The conference, featuring speakers, workshops, and local tours, will take place in Boston. For more information call toll free: 877-258-7089 email:09conf@gmail.com
Ten Thousand Children
OCTOBER 8, 2009 2PM
Eva Podietz will discuss “Ten Thousand Children,” chronicling the Kindertransport. A League of Our Own meeting, 2p.m. Thursday October 8, Temple Judea of Bucks County, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Route 313.Make-your-own sundae refreshments will be served. Cost is $7, $5 for members. Information: 215-794-3143.
Nicholas Winton with Kindertransport child, Prague 1939.
Winton Train - Inspiration by Goodness
AUGUST 31, 2009 to SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
The Winton Train which will travel the original route from Prague to London travelled by the 669 Czech children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton. Descendants of children rescued by Winton, as well as young people and the winners of student contests, will be aboard the period carriages pulled by a steam locomotive.
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My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports
MAY 28, 2009 6PM
My Knees Were Jumping; Remembering the Kindertransports, the award-winning documentary film will be shown at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, Amsterdam Avenue and 68th St, NYC. This screening is hosted by the League of Professional Theatre Women, as Ruth Morley, who is featured in the film, and escaped Vienna on a Kindertransport, became a costume designer for stage and screen. Director Melissa Hacker will lead a post film discussion.
"Homage to a Great European: Sir Nicholas Winton" a Man who embodied the Power of Good
MAY 21, 2009 6PM
“Save one life, save the world”An evening in honor of Sir Nicholas Winton hosted by The Consulate General of the Czech Republicand the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.Keynote speaker: Honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic, Peter A. Rafaeli,followed by a screening of the film The Power of Good. A free Museum tour starts at 5:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum,9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077RSVP to Lillian Polus Gerstnerlillian.gerstner@ilhmec.org