BBCBBC’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
Kindertransport‘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
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
Holocaust Memorial DayJews 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
Holocaust MemorialJewish 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
Ann KirkMuch-loved Holocaust educator mournedAnn Kirk died weeks after her husband, Bob, who also came to England on the KindertransportBy Gaby Wine1 min read
HolocaustHolocaust 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
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
Dance performance outside Liverpool Street Station to mark 85 years since KindertransportForty local young people from Jewish, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds will be performingBy Elisa Bray2 min read||September 5, 2024 17:08
Kindertransport refugees given warm reception at Mansion HouseThe Mayor and Mayoress of the City of London were marking 85 years since the KinderstransportBy Gaby Wine2 min read||July 30, 2024 06:31
Son of Austrian refugee returns to the school which expelled his fatherMichael Bibring continues to tell his father’s story to young peopleBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||May 29, 2024 09:26
Granddaughter of Kinderstransport refugee to tell his story through musicCellist Juliette Appel will perform the piece with her sisterBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||May 14, 2024 11:37
Tributes paid to pioneering journalist Hella PickPick came to Britain on the Kindertransport after her family home in Austria was raided by the GestapoBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||April 8, 2024 11:23
Square next to Liverpool Street station could be renamed after Sir Nicholas WintonThe stockbroker was instrumental in saving the lives of hundreds of mostly Jewish children from CzechoslovakiaBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||April 5, 2024 13:20
Kindertransport refugee who escaped the Nazis dies aged 100Henry Wuga became a renowned chef in the UKBy Rosa Doherty1 min read||March 18, 2024 09:59
Kindertransport memorial defaced with ‘antisemitic graffiti’ in BerlinThe memorial was allegedly vandalised by Pro-Palestine demonstratorsBy Hannah Gillott 1 min read||January 3, 2024 16:44
