KindertransportPuppet show tells Kindertransport story to a new generationDirector Molly Freeman says ‘The universal message of kindness in ‘Kinder’ still resonates with contemporary audiences’By Hayley Cregor3 min read
Esther RantzenEsther Rantzen remembered for reuniting Kindertransport refugees with rescuerIn 1988, the That’s Life! presenter reunited Sir Nicholas Winton, dubbed the ‘British Oskar Schindler’ with some of the 669 children whose lives he savedBy JC Reporter2 min read
By Tanya Gold Please look after this bear – save him from critical race theoryA new book argues that Paddington is an idealised refugee created by white people to soothe themselves while British people of colour are lost. What’s certainly been lost is a proper appreciation of the character’s Jewish roots4 min read
HolocaustHolocaust survivor to return to Austrian Kindertransport station where she was saved from NazisGabriele Keenaghan is making the trip, with a helping hand from an anonymous benefactor, to mark her 100th birthdayBy Lucy Pollock3 min read
Association of Jewish RefugeesKindertransport refugee and ‘legendary’ volunteer Harry Heber passes away aged 95Harry Heber arrived in Harwich aged 7 as a Kindertransport refugee and, after retiring, went on to create more than 60,000 pairs of prescription glasses for people in needBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
KindertransportHolocaust survivor discovers his long-lost barmitzvah Sefer Torah in Brondesbury Park ShulKurt Marx last read from the Sefer Torah in September 1938, just two months before Kristallnacht, when the scroll was saved from destruction in CologneBy Minnie Peters3 min read
Don’t use Holocaust as ‘debating tool’ Diane Abbott told after she cites Kindertransport to oppose asylum seeker chargeVeteran MP claimed new Home Office proposal amounts to ‘tax on refugees’By Jane Prinsley1 min read||July 1, 2026 18:21
BBC’s The Repair Shop leaves out any mention of Jews from story on the KindertransportDame Helen Mirren brought in broken cello of refugee-turned-theatrical impersario Martin Landau for repairBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 2, 2026 13:32
‘Seeing what it means to the survivors is beyond anything I could ever write in a history book’Dr Amy Williams tells the JC how she has unearthed extraordinary information about the Kindertransport refugeesBy Ben Conway4 min read||December 22, 2025 12:51
By Alex HearnThe comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debateIf we're going to invoke Jewish history in our criticism of Shabana Mahmoud’s reforms, we owe it to those who were turned away to get that history right – and to face present realities rather than romanticise the past4 min read||December 3, 2025 11:18
Jews excluded from Lowestoft Holocaust Memorial Day wreath-layingOne of the speakers at the event allegedly made ‘deeply offensive’ comments regarding the Gaza War during commemorationsBy Jane Prinsley4 min read||January 30, 2025 15:20
Jewish group stage anti-Israel protest at Kindertransport monument on Holocaust Memorial Day’Jews Against Genocide’ also held a protest at the Cenotaph on MondayBy Ellie Grant1 min read||January 28, 2025 14:11
Much-loved Holocaust educator mournedAnn Kirk died weeks after her husband, Bob, who also came to England on the KindertransportBy Gaby Wine1 min read||January 27, 2025 15:54
Holocaust survivor who escaped to UK awarded Germany’s highest civilian honourGeorge Shefi, now 93, was shuttled out of Germany on the Kindertransport just before the outbreak of the Second World War when he was seven years old.By JC Reporter1 min read||January 15, 2025 11:35
How thousands of children fled Nazis on Kindertransport as new details discoveredVital new documents about the rescue programme, which saved an estimated 10,000 people, have been uncoveredBy Ellie Grant2 min read||January 14, 2025 16:46