The collection consists an animal bone souvenir, correspondence, documents, drawings, and newsletters related to experiences of Ullrich Remak during the Holocaust when he emigrated from Breslau, Germany, to Scotland on a Kindertransport in 1939, his subsequent life at the Birkenward Hostel in Skelmorlie, Scotland, and efforts by his mother, Nanni Remak, to emigrate from Germany to Palestine.

Copyright Holder: Mr. Norbert Strauss

Contains a photocopy of letter, five pages, written by Harry (Heinz) Krieger (born 1922, Munich; died 2015, Plainview, NY) to his grandchildren about his experiences in Germany as child; the rise of Hitler; Kristallnacht; beating and arrest, release, and escape to England on a Kindertransport; and eventual immigration to the United States with his parents in 1939.

Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Szereschewski family in Danzig before the war; Charlotte Szereschewski's experiences in England after arriving there on the Kindertransport; and her parents, brother, and other immediate family members' experiences in Mauritius and Egypt after their attempted illegal immigration to Palestine and prior to their immigration to the ...

Ruth Terner was born Ruth Cohn in 1923 in Berlin to Werner Cohn (1887-approximately 1942) and Frieda Deutschkron Cohn (1894-approximately 1942). Ruth left Germany in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England, where she met Charles Terner (1916-1998). Charles Terner was born Karl Terner in Lublin to Isidore (Israel) Terner and Fanny (Feiga) Schächter Terner. The family moved to Vienna when Charles was very ...

Papers consisting of letters, travel documents, certificates, photographs, and other documents relating to the experiences of Theo Markus Verderber [donor] as a child on the Kindertransports to England during the Holocaust.

Collection illustrating the experiences of Edith Ziegler who went to the United Kingdom with the Kindertransport from Vienna, Austria. The collection includes documents, correspondence, photographs, publications (3 miniature English-German/German-English dictionaries) and a handmade item in the shape of a key.

Margot Brauer collection 

Consists of correspondence from Hans Reis' parents, who were prisoners in the Gurs concentration camp in France from 1940-1942 to their son and to various other family members. Mr. Reis was part of a Kindertransport to England in 1939, but his parents, who remained in Konigshofen, were deported to Gurs in 1940 and then on to Auschwitz in 1942, where they perished.

One letter is from donor's brother, Hermann Lesser, who is in Palestine through the efforts of Youth Aliyah. Donor went to England on a Kindertransport. Second letter is from donor's mother, Elsa Lesser, who escaped to Cuba. Last letter was written by donor to her mother one year after leaving Berlin.

Collection consists of 18 pre-war photographs from Austrian Jewish families, Loeffler [donor's immediate family] and Loeb [maternal relatives]. Depicted in the images are the Alice Loeffler, her brother Hans, and her parents, Alfred and Dora Loeffler, who did not survive; dated circa early 20th century; mainly in Vienna, Austria. Alice went on the Kindertransport to the United Kingdom in 1939.

Leopold Weil was born in Karlsruhe in 1925. His father Nathan Weil was born in 1885 and died in 1937. His mother Irene Weil (née Kauders, born in 1899) emigrated to the USA. Leopold Weil went to school in Milan until 1938. He must have returned to Germany as he emigrated to England as a teenage refugee on a Kindertransport in 1939. There he changed his name to Leonard Lawrence. He initially lived at ...

The collection consists of documents and artifacts surrounding the experiences of Eva Lifschitz and Jakob Lewin, before and during World War II. Included in the collection are letters and documents relating to Eva who arrived in the United Kingdom on a Kindertransport in 1939, as well as documents and artifacts related to Jakob who was in hiding in Le Chambon, France, and then given refuge in Swit ...

The collection consists of documents such as restitution-related paperwork and Rosenfeld family photographs as well as two pairs of children's shoes relating to the experiences of Esther Rosenfeld who was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in June 1939.

Fred Freund (b.1928) was born in Prague. His father, Leo, had fought in World War I and later worked as a sales manager in a glove firm. His mother, Marketa Wehle, died when Fred was 6 years old. He grew up in a relatively poor area of Prague. He came to Great Britain on the Kindertransport. For a full synopsis of his life story see the collection.

Ruth Haas Sadovnik (1927-2007) was born in 1927 in Berlin, Germany to Gustav and Martha Haas. She had an older sister, Jeannette Haas. On July 3, 1939, Ruth was sent on a Kindertransport to England; she was eleven and a half years old. Ruth was sent to Hull, England and later the Yorkshire countryside, where she learned English and attended school. Her parents and sister were able to escape Nazi Germany ...

Ellen Gerber (born Ellen Markiewicz) was born on August 18, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. Her father Max was a businessman, and her mother Lotte Goldstein was a homemaker. Ellen's older brother Lothar was born on September 9, 1924. Their parents divorced when Ellen was a baby. Ellen's aunt and uncle were doctors and had a non-Jewish patient who was actively working to bring Jewish children to Great Britain. ...

No restrictions on access

Collection of correspondence, postcards, and photographs, including letters between Ruth Renzer in Palestine and her sister Miriam in England. Ruth lived at the "Ahava" children's home at Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, and Miriam was sent to England on a Kindertransport.

De Duitsers zagen Truus Wijsmuller als een verrückte Holländische. Maar voor duizenden Joodse kinderen was ze hun 'tante Truus'. Ze organiseerde kindertransporten vanuit het Derde Rijk naar Engeland en redde zo talloze levens. In 2018 wordt ze geëerd met een documentaire. Dossier Verzet.

The collection consists of three handkerchiefs, a cloth case, three children's books, Jewish prayer books, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Mondschein and her family in Vienna, Austria, and as a Kindertransport refugee in the Netherlands with her younger brother before the Holocaust, as well as the family's separate journeys to the United States in 193 ...