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Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS GALLERY
May 19 - November 17, 2024

Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War showcases the astonishing rescue effort that, in only nine months, brought thousands of unaccompanied Jewish children from Nazi-occupied mainland Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts, stories, and firsthand testimony, those who lived through the Kindertransport program tell its history.

Arranged in eight sections, the exhibition begins in the days and months following Kristallnacht when Europe’s Jewish population could no longer deny the threat of Nazism. The exhibition’s thoughtful, artistic design draws visitors in and features 75 personal artifacts, including items from Illinois Holocaust Museum’s collection, Survivor testimonies, and quotes that chart the heart-wrenching decisions parents made in sending their children away to safety.

Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War was created and organized by Yeshiva University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin.

Children from a Kindertransport after their arrival in Waterloo Station in London, February 2, 1939 (ÖGZ S 52/11).
Children from a Kindertransport after their arrival in London, December 30, 1938 (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo).
Child from the first Kindertransport upon arrival in Harwich, December 2, 1938 (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo).

Illinois Holocaust Museum’s presentation of Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War is made possible with generous support from:

SUPPORTERS

Golder Family Foundation

ADDITIONAL FUNDERS

Mark and Lisa Pinsky

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