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Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War

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(l.) Name tag for a child on a Kindertransport, 1938. LBI Archives, Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden Collection, AR 762. Andy (Andreas) Duncan-Brown
Date/Time
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Venue
Paul & Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall (map)
Center for Jewish History
15 W. 16th St.
New York, NY 10011
Format
In person
Cosponsors
Yeshiva University Museum

Just three weeks after Kristallnacht, the first group of unaccompanied Jewish refugee children arrived in the United Kingdom. LBI and Yeshiva University Museum launch an exhibition exploring this remarkable effort that saved some 10,000 children, many of whom never saw their parents again.

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  • Exhibition Opening
  • US

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