The Kindertransport: What Really Happened

by Andrea Hammel

Book Overview

In 1938 and 1939, some 10,000 children and young people fled to the UK to escape Nazi persecution. Known as the 'Kindertransport', this effort has long been hailed as a wartime success story - but there are uncomfortable truths at its heart.

The Kindertransport was a complex visa waiver scheme, and its organizers did not necessarily act with altruism. The British government required a guarantee to indemnify itself against any expenses, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509553770
• ISBN13: 9781509553778
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"