The Forgotten Kindertransportees

by Frances Williams

Book Overview

The Forgotten Kindertransportees offers a compelling new exploration of the Kindertransport episode in Britain. The Kindertransport brought close to 10,000 unaccompanied children and young people to Britain on a trans-migrant basis between 1938 and 1939, with an estimated 70% of these children being of the Jewish faith. The outbreak of the Second World War turned this short-term initiative into a longer-term episode and Britain became home...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474236901
• ISBN13: 9781474236904
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"