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Kindertransport Resources
These resources have been compiled by the Kindertransport Association as an effort
to make it easier for students and interested parties to locate all the best materials in print, film, and online.
Use the search feature or browse by category using the links to the left. More history and stories about the Kindertransport can be found in our History and
Voices sections.
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Literatur und Holocaust Bayer, Gerd and Freiburg, Rudolf. Koenigshausen & Neumann, 2009.
The chapter "Die Erfahrung des Kindertransports in der Englischen Literatur," by Christoph Houswitschka, pages 76-97, may be of interest.
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American Jewish History Zucker, Bat-Ami. Frances Perkins and the German-Jewish Refugees, 1933-1940 (Vol. 89, No. 1), March 2001.
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Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany Kaplan, Marion A.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Between Fear & Hope: Jewish Youth in the Third Reich Angress, Werner T.. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
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Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors Epstein, Helen. New York: Putnam, 1979.
Helen Epstein's pioneering look at the second generation.
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Children With a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe Dwork, Deborah. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
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Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust Fogelman, Eva. New York: Doubleday, 1994.
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Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web Nicholas, Lynn H. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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Das Exil der kleinen Leute. Alltagserfahrung deutscher Juden in der Emigration Benz, Wolfgang, ed. Fischer-TB.-Vlg, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1994.
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Don't Wave Goodbye: The Children's Flight from Nazi Persecution to American Freedom Jason, Philip K. and Iris Posners, eds.. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2004.
The story of the 1,000 children sent directly to the United States between 1938 and 1945.
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Double Vision, A Self Portrait Abish, Walter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
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Flight from the Reich: Refugee Jews, 1933-1946 Dwork, Deborah and Jan Van Pelt, Robert. W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.
The authors of Auschwitz offer a comprehensive survey of various countries' responses to the refugee crisis and their often self-serving motives. America, fearing immigrants would become public charges, required financial affidavits from Americans, which were very difficult to get. Britain granted transit visas to the Kindertransport children and visas to famous Jews such as Sigmund Freud. The Dominican Republic allowed refugees to work on agricultural colonies. Internment camps in the Soviet Union offered a chance for survival while camps in France were conduits to the concentration camps.
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From Outside in: Refugees and British Society: An Anthology of Writings by Refugees on Britain and Britishness Arbabzadah, Nushin. Arcadia Books, London, UK, 2007.
This is a collection of memoir, fiction and poetry that explores being British from the perspective of the newly arrived. It presents accounts that range from German-Jews - including several members of the KTA - to Iraqi Kurds, as well as Vietnamese, Afghanis, Chileans and others. The narratives poignantly depict the twin mechanism of loss and hope faced by newcomers to these shores, as they simultaneously search for ways to hold onto memories of lives no longer lived and in turn inhabit new ways of being.
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Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany Laquer, Walter. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press, 2001.
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I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust Auerbacher, Inge. New York: Puffin Books, 1993.
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I Didn't Say Goodbye Vegh, Claudine. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984.
Interviews with children of the Holocaust.
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Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History Robert Sugar
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Exhibition by Robert Sugar Showings include: Temple Am Shalom (Glencoe, IL): April 2007 Central College Drama Department (Pella, IA): Winter 2007 Florida Atlantic University: April 2006 The New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum and Study Center: Fall 2006
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Last Waltz in Vienna: The Rise and Destruction of a Family: 1842-1942 Clare, George. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982.
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Living After the Holocaust: Reflections by the Post-war Generation in America Steinitz, Lucy and David Szonyi, eds.. New York: Bloch Publishing, 1976.
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Love Despite Hate: Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Their Adult Lives Moskovitz, Sarah. New York: Schocken Books, 1983.
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My German Question: Growing up in Nazi Berlin Gay, Peter. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
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New Lives : Survivors of the Holocaust Living in America Rabinowitz, Dorothy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
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Nothing Makes You Free: Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Bukiet, Melvin Jules. New York: W. W. Norton, 2003.
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Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, 1938-1941 Wyman, David S.. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Passages From Berlin: Recollections of Former Students and Staff of the Goldschmidt Schule Heims, Steve J., ed.. US distributor: Marianne Phiebig, 1987.
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Searching for Fritzi Bergman, Carol. New York: Mediacs, 1999.
This memoir traces the journey of three American women - a Jewish Holocaust survivor, her daughter, and her granddaughter - in search of their family's history.
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Stella, One Woman's True Tale of Evil, Betrayal, and Survival in Hitler's Germany Wyden, Peter. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1992.
The story of Stella Goldschlag, whom Wyden knew as a child, when both were students at the Goldschmidt School in Berlin,and who later became notorious as a "catcher" in wartime Berlin, hunting hidden Jews for the Nazis. A compelling, moving and harrowing chronicle of Stella's agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inherited by her daughter in Israel.
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The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 Wyman, David S.. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984.
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The Arrival of Jewish Refugee Children in England 1938-39 Ford, Mary R. Immigrants & Minorities Journal, Routledge, Volume 2, Number 2, 1983.
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The Children We Remember Abells, Chana Byers. London: Julia MacRae Books, 1987.
For 4 - 8 year olds, about children during the Holocaust.
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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage Klempner, Mark. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, 2006.
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Too Young to Remember Heifetz, Julie. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989.
Julie Heifetz's collection of interviews with child Holocaust survivors.
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Vienna and Its Jews: The Tragedy of Success: 1880s - 1980s Berkley, George E.. Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books, 1988.
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We Were Children Just Like You Eliach, Yaffa. Brooklyn, NY: Center for Holocaust Studies and Documentation, 1990.
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Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History Epstein, Helen. Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.
A memoir of the lives of Epstein's mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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